Up-to-Datc Wedding Gifts.—"Well, what sort of wedding presents did you get, girlie—the usual assortment of berry-spoons and pickle-forks?" "Not on your esteemed life. I got a sack of potatoes, four dozen fresh eggs, a peck of onions, and a Liberty bond." Following the Text-Book.—A teacher asked her class to write an essay oil London. She was surprised to read tho following in one attempt:—"The people of London are noted for their stupidity." The young author was asked how he got that idea. "Pleaso, miss," was tho reply, "it says in the textbooks the population of London is vesj denso."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 93, 12 January 1918, Page 8
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99Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 93, 12 January 1918, Page 8
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