HUMOROUS CLIPPINGS.
“ Excuse this bit of sarcasm,” said Smith to' Jones, “ but I must say that you are an infamous liar and scoundrel.” “Pardon this bit of irony,” said Jones to Smith, as he knbked him oVer with a poker. , Landlady (to boarder who has passed his cup six times) : “You are very fond of,coffee, Mr Smith," Mr Smith : “ Yes, ma’am, it looks as ,if I was, when l am willing to swallow so much water’for the sake of getting a little.” . . . An actuary gave a student tlie following advice: How to become practically acquainted with the “ rule of three.” Live with your,jwife, mother, and mother-in-law.
Scene—Eaton square. Date 2 p.m., Christmas Day, 1882. Enter poor relation. Rich relation, loq. : “So glad you have come ear - !}’, because we dine at six to-day for the sake of the servants, so I shan’t have to send you away before we have had a ;chat.” ' Anylice : “If you’ve come to dinner, you’ve made a mistake.” A Frenchman praising an old lady for her beauty, she said that beauty was incompatible with age ; to which he artfully replied, “ We say as beautiful as an angel, and yet the angels are very antique.”
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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198HUMOROUS CLIPPINGS. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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