Did I not give you a flogging the other day?" said a schoolmaster to a trembling urchin. " Yes, sir," answerd the boy. " Well, what does the Scripture s,ay upon the subject?" "I don't know, 'sir,"' said the other, "except it is in that passage, which says ' it is more blessed to'give than to receive.' " ■ •' Very obliging.—" Please, Mr Jenkins, will you lend my father your" umbrella ?" " Does it rain ?" " Yes." " Then I shall want it myself. Tell your father to send again some fine day." ; . ■■','" : A well-known London printer, being called on to reply to a toast, said—" Gentlemen, I thank you most heartily. I can't make a speech, but I can print one as long as you like."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 347, 14 November 1879, Page 2
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119Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 347, 14 November 1879, Page 2
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