[Ads-l] Those Chestnut Bells! When senile joke the dudelet tells...

[Stephen Goranson]

This is not an antedating for old chestnut, nor dudelet (i.e., female dude?), but part of the old story, including "...old veteran...army pleasantries...ancient mariners...rancid yarns...olden book...hoary pun...wit is cold...."

Washington Evening Star (written for it) Aug14, 1886 p2 col.3

SG

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