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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2537, 22 February 1877, Page 2

Pbovebbs Made Literal.—-It's a. long lave which takes you three hours and a half to get to the end of it. The early bird is generally wide awake. A wise child knows its alphabet. A virtuous woman is a useful commodity. Look before you assert that you see, something. There are two sides to everyj ham sandwich. Early to bed and early to rise is all very well in theory, but it won't do in- practise. , .. Did They Use Pickaxe atjd Spade ? —A daily paper, credited with an extraordinarily large circulation, recently told its readers that, as a sportsman, "Lord Maryborough's reign was identified with the stoutest stag, called the Miller, that was ever unearthed." Whebe Ok Whebe?—A Saratoga letter-writer ask^d, in despairing tones, " Where are the men ? " We don't know, dear, just where all of them are, but from our sanctum window just now we saw six of them file round a screen of a sample* ■, room over the way.—Burlington Hawkeye. . . - A Scotchman, being asked by his minister, "What kind of a,man was Adam?" replied. "Oh, just like ither folk." The minister insisted on having a more special description. " Weel,' naebody got onything by him, and many lost." Always Ready to Take the Stump.^ The dentist.