News in a Nutshell.
When Samson made fun of the Philistines he literally' broo^ht-; thejh&ise down, bnt He was not rfeqtiested to "repeat the star.tling.perforinan.ee, . . ,-v " My ' best thoughts are always the' hardest to write," said a literary man. " Yes," replied an acqnantance, " ami ! they 'are always the hardest toread." ; A Texas man has invented a machine V for washing dishes. Now let him goJ ahead and rig up a whole hired girl on the same plan, and he will make his for- • tune. ■;'..''. Tlio force of habit is fully illustrate^: \ m tho case of a retired milkman, who says he never sees a can of water without having an almost irresistible desire' < to put some milk into it; A rich lord left m his will legacies U^ all ln"8 servants excopt his steward. v I did not leave him anything," ii c said " because he has been m my service more than 20 years.", : '■ ; '. '■ : 7 People build houses by .putting) all the carved freestone and embellishments on the front and all the- cheap brick at the back. Some characters are built m^ 3 the same way precisely. ; ■ i . ; ; i \<j r -\ "?l» T/l'f yOm " arm ro « n d her waist? asked tha counsel- in .^breaehi 1 of promise case. MVell, : y es , I did J admitted the plaintiff.. j«« She asked i^.\ lion like S» deCli ' eaßrc^ 2^^i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 168, 13 June 1884, Page 2
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229News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 168, 13 June 1884, Page 2
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