Away down in the corner of many a woman’s heart lurks this sentiment“ No bonnet, no church.” A \ ankee in New \ork has a dog so very serious that even his tail has not the least bit of wag about it. A man who attempted to stand on his dignity the other day couldn’t do it. The platform was too narrow. Lingering Suspicion.—Prancing up to his mother, a little country boy said, "M*, hain’t T been real good since I’ve begun goin* to Sunday school ?” “ Yes, my lamb,” answered the mother fondly. “And you trust me now, don’t you, ma ?” “ Yes, darling.” “ Then what makes you keep the jam locked up in the cupboard the same as ever?” A lily in Louisville, Kentucky, was robbed a few nights since by a man who secreted himself in her chamber until she had retired. The box containing her jewellery and that containing her rouge were just a’ike, and the thief took the wrong box. She looked pale on discovering her loss, but her color came again the next day. Fat Maginnis has a very stubborn mule, which he calls “ Old Musket”' On being asked why he gave the mule that name he said, “ Because the stubborn beast won’t go on without a kick. Why is Saturday the best day to make inquiries at the London General Post Office? —Because it’s ten to one you’ll find the clerks there, and on other days it’s ten to four. The tombstone of a coroner who hanged himself, has this inscription upon it—“ He lived and died by suicide. Advice To Mothers!— Are you broken n your rest by a sick child suffering with he pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a hemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes 11 as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, t softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dyssentery and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is lid per bottle. Manufactured at 4Q3 Ox-ford-street, London.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 789, 1 June 1877, Page 3
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