" How did this happen ?" asked th 6 surgeon, as he dressed the wound in the cheek and applied a soothing poultice to the damaged eye. " Got hit with a stone," replied the patient. 14 Who threw it ?" " My— my wile," was the reluctant answer. " Humit's the first time 1 ever knew a woman to hit anything she ever aimed at " muttered the surgeon. •* fhe was throwing at the neighbour's hens" exclaimed the sufferer. " I was behind her ". " When was Rome built ? " asked a high school teacher of the first class in ancient history. "In the night," ans wered a bright little girl. "In the night !" exclaimed the astonished teacher. How do you make that out ? " Why, I thought everybody knew that Rome wasn't built in a day," replied the child.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 318, 19 May 1894, Page 4
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130Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 318, 19 May 1894, Page 4
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