Friend Grace, it seems, had a very good horse and a very poor one. When seen rid;ng the latter, he was asked the reason. It turned out that his better half had taken the good one. " What!" said the bantering bachelor ; " how comes it that you let your mistress ride the better horse !" The only reply was, " Friend, when thee beest married tliee'lt know ! " The old gentleman who made a salve to take the twist out of little pigs' tails, is now busy getting up a series of locks for the alimentary canal.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 92, 22 September 1863, Page 3
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93Untitled Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 92, 22 September 1863, Page 3
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