A maid, when lier young mistress was on the high road to recover*-,-, announced in a loud voice: “The board of Hell is downstairs.” "You tell them to go where they came from,” replied the nurse, who was annoyed at being interrupted in the discharge of her duties. The Jioard of Health could not Teel complimented by its now designation, though often its inspectors are accused of playing the deuce in the home, where there has been va contagious disease. ANOTHER FAKE EXPOSED. Uncle Josh, fresh from Upctdek, had been inspecting the family icebox. “Henry,” he said, “yoii told me you was gittin’ artificial ic6. The feller that sells it .to you is 1 foolin' you. I've looked at it. and' fetched; it, mnd if it ain’t real ice/ by gjjja; 1 never, saw any.” SUBTLE DISTINCTION. “What’s the difference between vision and sight?” “See those two girls across the street?” “Yes.” “Well, the pretty one I would call a vision, and-the other one—she’s a sight.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2110, 8 February 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)
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