Humorous Paragraphs.
A strong man. — A shoplifter. I What commodity is always afforded cost?— The law. Why are crows the most sensible of birds — -Because they never complain without cans. "Sing me," he said, "an earthquake song, for I love to hear you shake." Theodore Hook, in describing a badly* dresßod dinner, observed that everything was sour but the vinegar. A wealthy reporter has been discovered. The British Zoological Society are making preparations to catch him. The market reports show that " whisky is going up," The police reports show that it also keeps going down. "There is something I have just dashed oif," said the poet, as he knocked his wouldbe son-in-law off the front doorstep. A clergyman, in a recent sermon, exhorted hia congregation to "vote as you pray," and later on he advised them to "pray often." •• I don't believe it's any use, this vaccinntion," said a Yankee. " I had a child vaccinated, and he fell out of the window * week arter, and got killed." "Pay me that six-and-eightpenco you owe me, Mr Mulrooney," said a village attorney. "For what?" "For the opinion you had of me." " Faith, I never had any opinion of you in my life."
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 4
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200Humorous Paragraphs. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 4
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