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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 1 February 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

Customer —“Loo'k here, waiter; I found a button in mv salad.” Waiter —‘‘Yes, sir, that’s part of the dressing. This notice was posted up in a pleasures boat belonging to a certain steamship company:— “The chairs in the cabin are for the ladies. Gentlemen are requested not to ma'ko use of them till tho ladies aro seated.” A well-known gentleman of tho long robe stepped out of his chambers in tho Temple, and pinned upon the door the more or less veracious ilegend, “Back Directly.” A sporting friend appeared upon the scene a, little later, and .wrote, ‘‘Back Directly’ be hanged! There’s no such horse in the race.” The worshippers in a certain chapel had some trouble to keep their faces straight a short time ago. During the service some commotion was caused by a gentleman who aceidentallv ignited a box of wax matches ; u 'ids pocket:, and was trying to put- them out. while Ins alarmed neighbors struggled equally hard to neln him. . The minister, being short-sighted, could not make out the reason of the disturbance, and. thinking to diplomatically cover the incident, he innocently said:— “Bretliorn. there is ,a little noise going on. Until it is over, let as sing ‘Sometimes a Light Surprises.