Wanted, two stamps of indignation and one of true nobility. A handsome young lady, being asked if she ever gave a kiss, replied, “No; but 1 often had one stolen-.” “Postal-card proposals!” exclaimed a haughty young miss, reading over the Government advertisements ; “ well, I never ! Ifa fellow hasn't stamps enough to send his proposal in a letter, he hasn't stamps enough to marry me." A country editor announced that “one gallon of mean whisky will pay for our paper one year." The next week fourteen subscribers took him nt his word, and forwarded their subscriptions in “mean whisky” —and the next week the paper didn't appear. Cause and effect.—Nonistown HeraldWbat is the difference between a sailor and a soldier?— One tars his ropes, the other pitches his tent. Two beings are joined by love as two words by a printer's hyphen—sign at once of separation and connection.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 832, 29 March 1878, Page 3
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147Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Dunstan Times, Issue 832, 29 March 1878, Page 3
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