WIT AND HUMOR.
To soften a polioeman, oall him " Inspector." A man behind the age should be fed on catchup. A true American is too proud to beg, and and too hone-it to steal. He gets trusted. " Droop not yet," as the dandy observed to his shirt collar.
" I see through it," as the old lady said wheu the bottom of her tub fell out.
" I'll come to thee when daylight Bets/ as the lamplighter said to the lamp. The young lady whose feelings were "all worked up," has ordered a fresh sup. Laugh at no man for his pug nose ; you can never tell what may turn up. The lady who had a " spark " in her eye, ias "kindled a matqh," without any üble.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 50, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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125WIT AND HUMOR. Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 50, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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