A bookbinder said to his wife at their wedding, “ It seems that now we arc bound together, two volumes in one, with clasps,” “ Yes,” observed one of the guests; “one side highly ornamental morocco, and the other plain calf.” Two sable philosophers took shelter under the same tree during a heavy shower. After some time one of th*m complained that he felt the rain. “ Nebcr mind,” replied the other, ‘ dero’s plenty of Iroes; when dis ’un is wet through we’ll go to de oder.” An old gentleman of cighty-two having taken to the aUar a young damsel of fifteen, the clergyman said to him, “The font is at the other end of the church.” “ What do I want with the font?” said the old gentleman. “ Oh, I beg your pardon,” said the clerical wit, “I thought you had brought this child to be christ'iicd.”
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Evening Star, Issue 3197, 20 May 1873, Page 3
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144Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3197, 20 May 1873, Page 3
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