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" And what is this animal called ?•» asked the teacher of the class m natural history, as he pointed to a picture of ft sloth. And the class all shouted at once, " A messenger boy !" At a legal investigation of a liquor seizure the judge asked an unwilling witness, « What was m the barrel that you had ?" The reply was, " Well, your honour, it was marked ' Whisky ' on one end of the barrel and 'Pat Duffy* on the other, so I cannot say whether it was whiskey or Pat Duffy m the barrel •being as I am on my oath." "What would our wivessay if they were where we are ?" said the captain of a schooner, when they wore beating about m a thick fog, fearful of going ashore. " Humph, I shouldn't mind that," replied the mate, " if we only knew where ■we were ourselves." Unlucky.—' Bus Driver : " 'Twaa just at this'ere near corner a old gent was a standin', and a ' Ansotn come, an' the shaf knocked 'im down an' killed 'im on the spot ! Leastways he was took to the 'orspital.l" Passenger; Tut-t-t-t! Dear me!" Bus Driver: "Yes an.' what was wuss, Sir, he'd just 'ailed our
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 160, 4 June 1884, Page 2
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202News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 160, 4 June 1884, Page 2
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