Savory Morsels
A pompous and opinionated man, when discussing a certain matter with a lady, exclaimed—" I know I am right, madame. lam perfectly sure that I am. I will bet my ears on it, madame!" "Do yoa think it right to carry betting to such extreme lengths ? "quietly responded the lady. In the Ballroom.—Ho—" Isn't Miss Paddington a handsome girl P" She— " Do you think .so P" He—" I do. Her form is elegant." She—"Appearances often deceive. For instance, she is different from me. When I make up my mind to go to a party I go, but she-—»" He —" Well ?" Sh«—" Well, after abe makes up her mind she is obliged to make up her body, too." (Eapid cartain, without music.)"— Boston Courier. ; Very high breeding.—" What is the breed of your calf P" said a would-be buyer to a farmer, " Well," said the farmer, " all I know about it is that his father gored a justice of the paace to death, tossed a book-agent into a feree corner, and stood a* lightning-rod man on his head, and his mother chased A female lecturer two miles; and if that ain't breed enough to ask 4dol. on, you needn't take him"
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5099, 21 May 1885, Page 2
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202Savory Morsels Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5099, 21 May 1885, Page 2
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