' What is de differance 'twixt a watch and a feather bed, Sam?' — ' Duuno — giv it up.' — 'Because <ie tickin' of de watch is .on de iuside, and de tickin' of the bed is -on de outside. An individual was arrested the other day .while endeavoring to pick a gentleman's •pocket. He said he wasn't used to the jbasiuess, aud was just trying to 'get his hand iii.' .^surgeon, whose wife is a great scold, being asked what he thought would be the greatest triumph of the surgical art, replied, ** To take tjbe jaw out of a scolding jvojaaau.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 242, 12 October 1868, Page 2
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98Untitled Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 242, 12 October 1868, Page 2
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