Humorous.
A Promising YFbiteb. -The man who< draws up a note. A genuine lover of Christmas holly days,. —The greengrocer. •♦My heart is thine," a 9 the cabbage sal to the cook. If a false set o' teeth cost £20, what Is the value of a falsetto voice ? How to Make Money.— Get a situation in the Mint. Advice to Fast Young Men.— lf you mean to eefctle, emigrate. Motto for an Auctioneer. — " A sale m. eight appears." . To Make Writing Impervious to Criticism.—Write on banknotes. Love and a good dinner are said to be the only two things which change a man's, character, *' Gently the dews are o'er me stealing, • as tho man said when he had fivo bills presented to him at one time. A Truthful Answer.— Judge to the plaintiff : Who was prepent when the defendant knocked you down ? Plaintiff: I was. Transcend* ntali<-m is two holes in a sandbank —a ptorm washes away the sandbank without disturbing the holes. The Kight Word. —A spade is very properly called a spade ; but a soldier's dinner fs with greater propriety styled a mess. What v/01l known hymn is a barber operating on a baldheaded gentleman likely to ping ?— " Thbre will be no parting there."
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 8
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206Humorous. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 8
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