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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1150, 18 September 1882, Page 2

The apple eaten by Adam and Eve : —How many apples did Adam and Eve eat ? Some? say Eve 8 and Adam 2—a total of 1G onlyi. r Now we figure the thing out differentl y. Evit 8 and Adam 8 also—total 16. We th ink tW j above figures are entirely wrong. 17 Eve g aud Adam 82, certainly the total wi U be ' jo. Scientific men, however, on the str eugV x o f the theory that the antediluvians W' ire f , race of giants, reason something like this - Eve 81 and Adam 82—163. Wrong again : what can be clearer than, Eve 81 and Ad anJ 812, the total was 893 ? If Eve 811st. .Adam 812 would not the total be 1623. j believe the following to be the true so) uti on ; Eve 814 Adam, 8124 Eve— tot al 8938. Still another calculation is as fo Hows If Eve 814 Adam, Adam 8114’2 ob) ige Eve —total 82056. We think this, he ,we ver, not a sufficient quantity. For thoiig hwe admit that Eve 814 Adam, Adam ii ’ he <‘1081242 keep Eve company—total 8, 082,053. All wrong. Eve when she 8181 2 many, and probably felt sorry for it, but h er comi wmion in order to relieve her grief 81 2, The ref ore Adam if he 81814.240 fy E' e’• depi t-Mmed spirits. Hence, both ate 81,8 (W.862 a jples. It does not alwp.jg do to credit p >op!e with «ver sensitivness, t'.ie other day one* of our •‘rising young pi aniats ” Says a San ] Francisco ] u»par was giving his opinion of the vulgarity And meanness displayed by our golf .-fish aristo tray. “ Why,’’ he said, “ for instant* e, not long ago I was invited to attend a muf.ical at the h< > use of old Fulbag’s at Nobb-hill. Of course » I plavr d a good, deal to amuse, the compa. r? t and, when I left, old 8., as he shook hands. slip ped into my hand a twenty-dollar g )1 d plrce.” “ Why the thick skinned old hu bv.g ! said one of his auditors indignant ly VS hut did you do P” Why, vo»i just bet 1 got even with him ! I haughtily threw t K* Money on the floor and left aftor first exohan g* ing tl.e coin for a counterfeit twenty I ha ppened to have in my pocket just then j don 'h you see P “ Capital idea thfit! Served the d testable old vulgarian right?” “ Yes, it w lb a huge idea ; but the tuv able was that h is twenty turned put to bo a counterfeit too!” Messrs Woodyear -and Ross conclude id their show on Saturda y evening last, M we must certainly con ipliment them up' xi the faithful manner in which they carri sd out their promises, If jn jt numerically strew ig the company is good, e» ch performer being a star, The proprietors v/hilst here purchasi id two very handsome aktwball pomes, fro tn Mr B. C. Fryer of the Masonic Stable e, which were shipped by the s.s. Oreti yesterday morning, and should prove most ueef ill to the circus.