A few days since a little urchin was sent to collect a small bill. He began in the us^al way, hut becoming more ami more importunate, at length the gentleman's patience being exhausted, be said to him, v You need not dun me so sharply — I am not going to run away." l% I don't suppose you are," said the boy, " but my master is, and he wants the money." An Aspiring Youth. — Young Finnikin, of the Guards, says that the man who would aspire to kiss a tall woman, must carry his head high. Three that never agree — Two cats over one mouse ; two wives in one house ; two liners after one girl. Why is a bookbinder i most charitable individual! — Because he oi'ien covers a multitude of faults.
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 14, 9 December 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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130Untitled Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 14, 9 December 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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