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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5302, 23 March 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

“ Why, my dear Miss Smith, how can you afford to dress bo extravagantly In these hard times T “ Hard times ! Why, your husband must have remained In business/didut he V “ Certainly, he has kept going on as usual, and worked hard, as ho says, to Keep hia head above the tide ; but I am sorry to say he has not made much money lately.” ** I thought so. There is where he made a great mistake. Now my husband, as soon as ho saw the financial breakers ahead, went into bankruptcy, and retired from business to wait for better times.” “Ah 1” said Mrs. Jones. The Colorado Beetle.—A Whitehall farmer received a circular a while ago, stating that by remitting a dollar a recipe would be sent that would prevent potato bugs from getting a foot-hold: in his section. He sent the dollar, for which he received the following recipe;—“The potato bugs-travel on the railway tracks frein place to place, and in the night only, when the trains are not running. If you will turn the switch at your railroad station, and place a hogshead of clot vitriol at the end of each rail for them to tumble into as they leave the rails, you will effectually prevent the bugs from .getting, a foothold in your locality.” ' ; .