Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Cut by His Own Sharpness. [ARTICLE]

Cut by His Own Sharpness.

A certain British pickle-maker has his pint bottles made to hold just over a pint, so as to be on the safe side of English law. His caution met with poor reward when some of these bottles arrived in Canada, where the ’law provides that any measure holding more than a pint must pay duty as a quart.