“All hands on deck! The vessel’s sinking-!” cried the captain of a foundering steamer to - Ids passengers. “ I shall stay here,” said a testy old gentleman “ I’ve no fancy for going on deck to see myself drowned !” A family in Nevada was unable to- secure the services of a Chinese servant, all the Celestials refusing tire offers of the head of the family, because, as on of them finally said, it was known that “ Boss woman long time tongue f Muchee jaw, jaw I” A physician, who was out gunning with his nephew', ridiculed his poor marksmanship, whereupon the young man retorted, “ Oh, well, uncle, I can’t be expected t</ kill every time, as I'don’t loaid with prescription'.”
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 206, 31 March 1877, Page 2
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118Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 206, 31 March 1877, Page 2
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