Humour.
Truly a Modest Maid. I want no duke nor honoured earl, No brave and comely knight ; I want a man wbo‘ll tend the stove, And the kitchen fires light. I want no darling warrior Before whose sword men fall ; I want a timid little man Who’ll answer to my call. I want no lordly banker With wealth on land and sea ; I want a man whose hoardings Shall in my keeping be. I want no handsome brilliant man Whose glance the heart can hurt ; I want a man so ugly That none with him will flirt. I want a man of learning Of the mental, vast and high, I want a man who knows and feels He knows much less than I
LASSITUDE, HEADACHE, BACKACHE, AND INDIGESTION ARE SYMPTOMS OF A DISORDERED LIVER. CLEMENTS TONIC IS THE ONLY RELIABLE AND RADICAL CURE. HAVE NO OTHER. Mr J. J. Langridge, Tahaha, New Zealand, who writes on May 25th, 1893 :—I have much pleasure in saying that I have used Clements Tonic and do so now. I am a storekeeper and often feel that tired and done up sort of feeling peculiar to our trade, and I find by taking two or three doses of Clements Tonic occassionally that it puts me right again. I have often tried doctors, but not since I have used Clements Tonic, and I find it sells well, and people who once use it invariably purchase it again.—J. J. Langridge, Tahaha, New Zealand.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 740, 22 May 1894, Page 7
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247Humour. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 740, 22 May 1894, Page 7
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