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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1527, 21 November 1873, Page 21

That was a good, though a rather severe, pun which was made by a student in one of our theological seminaries (and he was not one of the brightest of the class either), when he asked, "Why is Professor S the greatest revivalist of the age ?" and on all " giving it up," said " Because at the close of every sermon there is a great awakening." " Arthur," said a good-natured father, " I did not know till to-day that you were whipped last week. " Didtt't you, pa ?" replied hopeful; " I knew jt at the time." How it stands.—" Mary, go into the sittingroom, please, and tell me how the thermometor stands." Mary (after investigating) —" It stands on the first mantlepicce, just agin the wall, mem !" They have in the American backwoods a way of cleaning scale out of boilers which may be useful to some of our readers. Introduce a few green hickory poles iu at the man-hole, and let them boil with the water a few days; then blow out one third of the water. Repeat the prooess for a few days, and the inside will be as clean as a society shirt, and the hickory poles as brittle as rotten wood,