THE JOKER'S SPORT.
Srmtbers jun., who can just managed nip the end of his moustache with bisfinger andthumb,had been looking through adic tionary, and thqught he would have some fun with ihe «ew-chum groom who had engaged next door. He told his sisters and Cousin,' Bessy fe.'wfttcii the joke through a .wfodow- Getting his chia In the top of the fence ho began his 'tprtuw with—" It's a salubrious atmosphere'concatenation to-day." The groom stopped His work suddenly, arid ; looketl -2 a foofc that plainly asked, 'What do'^s he-iU&^V Young Smithera turned to. the window as much as to say, " Thit'af" s^lendid-^the fun'sheginning." Then he/tesumga hip attack on his victim'^-'* Now 1 oiy esciiiSnt ( asnmilating worthy, your} avocatidri'is damnatory to the : olfactory " ■ ■' •*' flutroo ! ye ipalpeen, is itblackguii'd^ ing me ye are m Latin?" ami straightwaY the forkful of ; y ard refuse Pat was about to send southerly was diverted J nbrtheri> on the head- of jthe delighted SinitherS jun., who immediately; lik^ pur mtjdprii philosophers; • straggled mord fqrliglit/ »
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 67, 18 February 1884, Page 2
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167THE JOKER'S SPORT. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 67, 18 February 1884, Page 2
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