\n Irishman was relating to some friends in Ixindon how, one night, on retiring to bed, he thought he saw a ghost, and, haying a gun bandy, he. shot at it. Next morning he examined tin' object he had shot, and discovered it to be his shirt. "What did you do then?" asked one of the company. "Begorra!" exclaimed Pat, "I just'thanked I'rovidence I wasn't insoide ov it!"
Speaking to n young lady, a gentleman mentioned that he had failed to keep abreast of the scientific advance of the age. "For instance," he said, "I don't know at all how the incandescent ch-chic light which is now used in some buildings is produced." "Oh, it is: very simple." said the lady. "Yon just turn a button, and the light anpears at once!" . ; .. ~
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 December 1907, Page 3
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132Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 December 1907, Page 3
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