A Paisley gentleman gets; th e credit for having demanded'; in a letter to the. newspapers,- to: know ; " why women should not bo freely allowed to. become medical men;" • ' ; ' ; A. young gentleman asks - What is the best method of popping the question ?" It is a good deal like champagne—if it don't pop itselfji there is; something Wrong about it.i - - " 1 am : receiving my back rations," as the soldier said when;he was' flogged for stealing beef. : ; It is an extraordinary-fact : that those who get to high generally use very low languages - •. Why ; this year's "peas : "like reluctant "prayers ? 'Because they're so backward in shelling but. Why is kissiug like eating; saup with a fork •?-—Because it; takes' a; good deal to get enough of it. :(' J ;• The woman who makethia> good pudding in silence is better than one that makefch a tart reply. - v: ■ V
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 25 July 1873, Page 5
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144Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 25 July 1873, Page 5
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