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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 5, 3 November 1877, Page 3

Simple Addition, —Miss Rose (who has kindly taken in hand an illiterate housemaid) ; "' Five and one make six.' That's right. Now what do one and six make .'" Jane (promptly): "Eight'npence, miss." Remarkable careful is that coal-dealer who stands on tie- scale himself to see that there is no fooling with the weight of a load. In the Head and Feet.—Wife (reproachfully) : " Oh, George ! —again ! " Husband: "Beg y'r par'n, my dyar I—norabirofit —been tee Wesht'n an' O'Leary walkin' roun' an' roun' an roun' —ma' me jush a li'le girry—thash all ! Besides, gut a pair of- those ' screwed boots' on. Seen 'em advertised—haven't you." Why is a balloon like silence \ — Because it gives ascent. A judge in an American town has been ' nicknamed " Old Necessity," because necessity knows no law. They have discovered a method of thinning out the over-abundant, population of Japan. Kerosine lamps have been introduced into that country. The latest case of verdancy noted is that of a young man who purchased a box of paper collars—l4's—and finding but ten collars in the box, went back for the other four." The following nonsensical rhyme is dedicated to the poet who was unable to find a rhyme for Sydenham : There was a young Hebrew at Sydenham Betrayed into eating forbidden ham, For some wretch, in the guise Of cold chicken pies, Had—most unjustifiably—hidden bam.