( A Deceiving Wife.—Last night, it ljL o'clock, a pedestrian on Greene-street was nearly upset by a' man, running against him. " Sorry, sir; didn't see you," explained the one in a hurry. " Did you just meet a woman with a jug in her hand ?," " No,. sir." "My wife, has I stolen some of my hard earnings, and gone out after whisky," continued, the. man.! "What sadness! what shame!" sighed the stranger. "It is awful to eren think of such proceedings." "Yes; and it's; awfuller yet, when its likely she'll. wateV the whisky, and deceive me by using part of the money to buy stockings or" hairpins ! " gasped the martyr.—Detroit iFijee. rress. - \/ \ Con.—What is the difference between one who walks and one who looks tip a flight of stairs ?—One steps up stairs, and the other stares up steps.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2534, 19 February 1877, Page 2
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137Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2534, 19 February 1877, Page 2
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