Odds and Ends.

Manawatu Herald, 25 June 1892, Page 3

Odd s and Ends.

It ia the privilega of tb» lover to be at one and the same time in two situations. When beside nig sweet heart heis beside himself. A Paisley publican was complaining of his servant-maid that she could never be found when lequired. " She'll gang oot o' the house," said he, ," twenty times for ance she'll come in." When should a woman go into the timber trade ?— When she pines for her. lover, who is a spruce young man, and of whom she thinks a good deal. •The Kentucky Supreme Court has settled the fact that a dog running on a neighbour's premises may {?& killed with impunity, " or other suitable means." A Yankee judge is reported to have thus addressed a prisoner before him, prior to- passing sentence: •• Prisoner at the bar, Providence has given you a good degree of health and strength, instead of which yon go about the country stealing ducks." 14 Oh 1 yes," said a fair critic, with that vivacity of speech and manner in which the " gentler " sex indulge when picking a friend to pieces "Oh ! yes ; Henry would be very presentable, if nature hadn't turned up so much of his legs to make his feet." " Mama, said a little hoy who had been sent to dry a towel before the fire, •• is it done when it's brown."