Fashionable Talk. — A lady thus addressed her servant in the presence of a fashionable party : — ' Mary relieve that burning luminary of the superincumbent dross that bears upon it .' * Ma'am ?' said Mary, confused as to what her mistress could mean. ' Take/ said the lady, 'from that luminous body its superincumbent weight of consumed carbon.' ' Ma'am ?' repeated Mary. * Snuff that candle you hussy, you,' exclaimed the lady in great haste. The proprietor of a town site in Hereford advertises his lots for sale in this wise: — 'The town of- , and surrounding country, is the most beautiful which Nature ever made. The scenery is celestial divine ; also, two waggons to sell, and a yoke of steers.' When does an M.P. display most physical strength ? — When he moves the House. Why is the gamut like a gambling saloon ? — Because it is full of sharps and flats. The sieve through which the man strained every nerve is for sale at less than first cost.
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Southland Times, Issue 590, 12 November 1866, Page 3
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159Untitled Southland Times, Issue 590, 12 November 1866, Page 3
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