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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 7, 16 June 1864, Page 3

Thb, Back-Strokb.— An .odd sort of genius,, stepping into a mill, was looking with apparent astonishment' at the movemei&oF the. machinery, when the miller, thinking to "(^iiz him, asked . him ; if he had heard the news. "Not as I know on," said he :■' fwhatisit?!' ;'/ Why,? replied/the miller,: "they say Old Nick is dead." "By Jingo," said; Jopathan; "isjhe?^ ..Then; who tends $he v niill." ! Kissing^ Conjugated .^-rvTo r the ticklish very', "to kiss" there is/ of course, a proportionately; ticklish grammar, and the, conjugation is a fol-S lQWß.i^'Vßuss^'ib'.\KsV;y^rel)us,V,t9 .kiss again ;! pmribus, to kiss Without" regard to number ; | sillybuß,; to kiss the : hand .instead of the lips ; ! 'blunderbuss, to kiissthb wrong' 'person ;, omnibus, ■ to kiss everybody in. the room. ;' erebus, to kiss in ; the dark. .,, Kissing^ one's own; sister- has-been; aptly likeiied to eating a Veal sandwich ; carry- i ing out ;,<the ? comparison, /kis?]ng^one;s; cousin—- > unloss she bo a particular cousin, or coming under the denomination .of " dangerous" — may bo ! considered equivalent to . discussing a beef sandwich ; cand the chaste - salute^ - snatched from the lass weiove, to the piquante, appetite:provoking combination of ham, mustard, and bread."