Cooji!—■A carpenter, who was always prognosticating evil to himself, was one day upon the roof of a five-storey building upon which rain had fallen. The roof being slippery, he lost his footing, and as he was descending towards the eaves, he exclaimed," Just as,l told you !" Catching, however, in an iron spout, he kicked off his shoes and regained a place of 'safety, when he thus delivered himself." I know'd-it; here's.a pair of.shoes goue !" A Boqnton husband goes ,home at six o'clock in the morning, after the street lights are extinguished,'because, ho says, ; it saves gas.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2573, 6 April 1877, Page 3
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96Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2573, 6 April 1877, Page 3
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