Clippings from the Comics.
(From Judy.) " better luck next time 1" as the bridegroom said when he discovered his wife had a wooden leg. — " Better luck next time," said the merchant when he broke the lock of his safe in opening it. — " I'm completely stumped !" as the man said when he left the hospital with a pair of wooden legs.—"' Pray, let us drop , the subject !" as the hangman said to the chaplain at an execution. Young Townsend (going to meet his girl and entering a haudscisif) cab in a great hurry) — Now, cabby! Kings Jt^oalf, Chelsea ; drive like mad !, Cabby fly ! Cabby Who'er yer gettin 1 at ; dyer think ray 'orse is a bloomin' sparrer ? Mr Smith—" Ah, Miss Jenny, you know my feelings towards you ; why will you not return my affection ? " Miss Jenny — "Keturn your affection, Mr Smith ? I will, with pleasure, it is oi no use to me." Mr Corn married Mis? Wheat, and the choir astonished the congregation by singing, "What shall the Harvest be !" Enfant Terrible — Please, Mr Jones, are you a cannibal ? .1 ones — No, my dear ; why do you ask. Enfant Terrible— Why, I thought you must be, because I heard toll p&po, that you lived on
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 November 1891, Page 3
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205Clippings from the Comics. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 November 1891, Page 3
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