An amorous swain declares ho is so fond of his girl that he has rubbed the skin from his nose, by kissing'her shadow on the wall.
""•The 'St. Louis Globe' speaks of a certain long-winded Missouri orator as a man who "has' a sleeping car attached to his train of thought." When any one out West relates a circumstance that takes more than two men to believe, they interrupt ■ him by asking if he .has a photograph of the occurrence. . " Are you going to make a flower"bed here?" asked a young lady ofvher father's gardener. " Yes, mils ; them's the orders." " Why, it'll -spoil our croquet ground !" " Can't help it, miss. You papa says he is bound toi'liave this plot laid out for horticulture;; not husbandry." ■. '; • r Heaven Forbid.—The''BritishMedi-> cal Journal' says the- Tichbprne clai-; ; : | mant is employed mr his prison tailor. Let us hope he is nofoenj^age^ (Qua new.su3t, :r ;- .-■ t:£
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 23, 17 December 1874, Page 7
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