An American contemporary says of a very prominent militia general that " his sword was never drawn but once —and then in a raffle."
A good drain on a farm. —Heavy mortgage at ten per cent will drain it about as rapidly as anything that we know of.
An old bachelor recently gave utterance to tbe following jeu d'esprit. He was introduced to a beautiful widow of the same name as himself. The introduction was in this wise: ** Mi Evans, permit me to introduce you to Mrs Evans." " Mrs Evans ! " exclaimed the spirited bachelor; " the very lady I have been iu search of for the last forty years!"
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1428, 14 September 1872, Page 3
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107Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1428, 14 September 1872, Page 3
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