Clippings from the Comics.
There was a young man of Hong Kong, Who once sang a drawing-room song ; It hadn't much sense, But 'twas very ".intense," So they cheered him both loudly and* long. Jones: ihere goes Bullion, the great financier; how leiribly ie etoops.— Smith : Ah ! he's a clever man. Bunt on making money.— Jones : I should have said, bent by making money. " Um — ah ! and so this is a proof of my article," remarked the journalistic novice consequential y. " Well, yon can call it that if yon like, ,' was the sharp, snappy reply of the brutal matter-of-fact editor : " I should call it a proof of your bally imcompefcence." Young Sharpshin : This paper mentions the "Spirit of the Times," dad. What does -ft* mean? -Old Sharpshins : Well, my dear, that •will depend whether it is spelt with a capital or a small " t." The Spirit of the Times is sycophancy, but the spirit of the times is most decidedly Scotoh whisky.
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Manawatu Herald, 9 February 1893, Page 3
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162Clippings from the Comics. Manawatu Herald, 9 February 1893, Page 3
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