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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 60, 10 March 1877, Page 4

A Large Mouth.—- She lad him to : a sofa, and in a deep basa voice called ' him her soul'a idol, and inquired what bis monthly income was. Seeing hie i gazß fixed on her boa-constrictor-like > mouth, ehe remarked — "Darling I sac ! you notice tnylarge|and beautiful potato- '< trap ; let me explain to you the reason ' af its unusual siza. Whenlwas quite i a child I was playing ,wjth pappj'a eel- ! lar door ; it gave way; I was preojpi- j tuted. down.j into,; the . basement and ; caught by tha mouth on a projecting j m^at-hook, which ripped up my— iace i and, extended my mouth several inches,-" \ With his eyes; full of sympathetic tears, | he rose from the sofaj and. replied aa>he j made towards the door— "My angel, ' you are perhaps mistaken: Probably iv the excitement you left your .mouth down in the basement and accidentally brought up the cellar. We shall meet I again in a better world. Adieu." \ A Massachusetts young man weat-to j visit, his true-love the .other evening i and his friends at the house whece he! boarded resolved to asertain^ what "time o' nighi" he got home. So they put a tin pan on each side of the stairs in the hallway and tied-theos.al| togiether by a string leading;. from, top, to bot-j torn, and' fixed them so that when he i aoitiy opened the front door ami ' sneaked ia the pans would descend and i meet him. Aud a little while before! daylight those injhat house who wer'ej uot ; iu the trick covered up tuier heads ! und softly prayed, under the- mistaken j impression that an eatbquake had; arrived. But Twas nothing" ; but] "them pans" .heralding the ! ybungj mana approach.' • • :