MERRIER MOMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 4 February 1907, Page 4

MERRIER MOMENTS.

Sllli WAN'l'Kl) THE l,l)T. lie was a nice, benevolent looking old*gentleman, and lie was beautifully divsses. As he g<u, into Ihe train, he sat down on a newspaper that lay on ft \aeaut sent. Presently he noticed that a little girl sitting next to him showed evident signs of di-tress. Thinking that he way sitting on her paper, he immediately pulled it from under him, saiyng: "There my little girl; is this yours/ She took it, but did not seem quite satisfied. Still, she said nothing ti l the train stopped, and she rose to go; and then, after hesitating a moment, she said, in a plaintive voice: "If you please, sir, can J have my fried fish, too? It was in the paper, but it fell out on the seat!" Till-; WIXMUI. The vicar in a village schoo! was examining the pupils in music, and as lie was a good-natured clergyman, who wUiied (o leave a good impression behind hint, he oll'ered sixpence to any boy who could It'll him what was the >weelo>t in-lruiiK'ut. A prize like this, he thought, would go a. long way towards solving the education problem. One bright little fellow was particularly active! waving his arms to allrat t tiie questioner's attention. The vicar gave hint a Ichniteij, and asked hint what instrument he considered the sweetest: '"Please sir. the toll'ce whistle/' lie replied. lie had the 'sixpence. A VERITAWjK POULTRY FARM. "If there is one thing that fetca.rs me out of lied in the morning quicker than another it is 'ihe savoury smeJ of frying bacon lloating upstairs, said one of a group who were discussing the eternal question. <- l guess you'd have been out of bed at express speed if yon had smelled the ham and bacon cooking at thai .Jones's, the grocers, the other night." said a member of the local firbrigade. "All. I suppose it was served up with fry-d eggsv'f said the spe-aker. facetiously. "Not a bit of it;' replied the (ireinon. ''Vou never saw such a sight in a'l your life as that which met our eyes when we broke the >hop door op/n. The rdinp was simply swarming with chi'keii.-—-hatched bv the heal, you know!*'