A Holiday's Funsff;-—Landlady (to potman): Joe-put this lot out; Potman-: He says he has fourpence. Landlady': Then don't be so rough. Ask the gentleman what he'll have.
Said Mrs. Jenks on her return from church, " When I see the shawls, of those Johnsons and then think of what I have to wear, if it was not for the consolations of religion I don't know what I would do."
. ; . Found and Lost.—A landlady, thinking to pleasantly surprise one of hex boarders, embedded a gold ring, which he had. lost and she had found, in a pancake, and. placed the production on his plate at breakfast. He is unfortunateljr provided by nature with a somewhat larger mouth than most men, so"his teeth did not happen to get entangled in tbe ornament, and now it is lost again.
Those Plumbebs. —Citizen: " Well, you see how it is yourself, Mr. Plumber. The girl left the laundry room window open ; thermometer touched zero, water pipe froze, then burst, and as no one knew how to shut off the plaguy thing the water ran half the night." > lumber: " Yes, I see; very bad break. Wants new plumbing throughout: wonder it didn't happen long ago." Citizen: .". How much is it going to cost to plumb up in good shape, including tenders ? " Plumber "Well, I don't know; but I think I'Jl take the house in part payment." '
An HitToßiciL Tjiee.—At the corner of the Place de l'Hotel de Ville and the Quai de Greve, Paris, in a garden attached to Baron Haussman's old residence, stands a wteping willow; A jilip from the famous tree over the Emperor. Napoleon's tomb in St. Helena, it was brought to Europe by Doctor Corvisart. The cutting struck root, and was planted over a basin constructed expressly, and had a very picturesque appearance. At the time the municipal palace was burned down by the Commune, this tree, by some miracle, escaped the flames, and is now as flourishing as ever.' In order to preserve it from injury during the rebuilding of the Hotel de Ville, M. Alphand is about to remove it to Passy, to the garden of the Muette, until it can be replaced with safety.
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1799, 8 October 1874, Page 2
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