A Yankee, warming with his subject exclaimed, " I guess there ain't a man, woman, or child in the house who has; arrived at the age of fifty years, but hag felt this truth thundering through his, her, or its mind for centuries." " Professor," said a student in pursuit of knowledge concerning the habits of animals, " why does a cat while eating, turn her head first one way and then the other?" "For the simple reason," replied the professor, " that she cannot turn it both ways at once." , A peasant went to his priest to confess having stolen hay from a large stack belonging to a neighbour. "How many loads did j you take ? " asked the father confessor.. " You j may as well reckon the whole stack at once," said the peasant, " as I and my wife intend to j fetch it all before we stop." . . j
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 148, 30 June 1870, Page 2
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146Untitled Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 148, 30 June 1870, Page 2
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