During a dense fog;, a. Mississippi steamer took a landing:. A traveller, anxious to go abend, came to the unperturbed manager of the wheel, and asked why the boat stopped. "Too much fog; can't see the river." " But you can see the stars overhead.'* "Yes," replied the urbane pilot. " but till the biler busts wo ain't going: that way." Passenger went to bed Fatisfied. Paddy's description of a fiddle cannot be beat:—" It was the shape of a turkey, and the size of a goose ; he turned it over on its back and rubbed its belly with a stick ; and och ! St Patrick ! how it did squale !"
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MIC18710804.2.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 127, 4 August 1871, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
107Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 127, 4 August 1871, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in