What comes after cheese?- -A mouse. Why is a poker like honour ?— Bscause its ;a proper thing in the grate (great). Why is a plum-cake like the Thames?— Becauseit's full of cuirvnis (currents). Why is a drunkard like a bad accountant? — Because he generally overbalances. : A young man-generally gives a-lbck of his hair to his sweetheart before he marries her. After marriage shesonietimes belps lherself— and don't use scissoi'S.- :: ..... '.:''..■.:■.:'■■ The Bostbn: Journal complains that.." not withstanding. that the: bountiful rain that has fallen the past week, ini(k ! has Trisen ; 6n6 ! cent per quart.' ; ; •■■' ; "■'■'' '■'■ . When we- 1 read -thbilying: iepitaphs upon: grave-stones, we are compelled to doubt; whether the dead or the living lie the most ' habitually in -churchyards.:
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 638, 19 February 1870, Page 4
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