"Spell 'chimney,' " said the teacher, pointing lit a little girl on the front row . "f '-Ii iin -n e y," answered |he little girl. "Very good ! Go up one." said the teacher. "Please, miss." answered the little girl tearfully, "I've ■.ii a clean pinafore on !" Prodigal: "Father, I've n notion to r.tile down and go l in for raising chickens." Sceptical Father: "Belter tiv owls. Their hours would suit von belter." Rrown (to employer): "Jones won't he at the ntlice this week, sir, owing to a bereavement in his family." Employer: "Indeed! Who's dead this time?" Brown: "Jones, sir."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 25 July 1929, Page 6
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