MISCELLANEOUS.
Put not your faith in him who predicts a hot season — he sells ice ; nor in him who predicts a cold, one— he owns a cheap clothing establishment ; nor yet in him who declares a wet one— he vends umbrellas ; nor a dry one — he sells beer. Mamma -•' Urn -ber-el-la- four syllables— I have often told you, Georgie, is incorrect. Now let me hear you pronounce the word properly." O-eorgie (in a huff) -" Gingham." A Philadelphia man recently lost his wife, and a young miss of six said to his little danghter of about the same acre, " Your pa will marry again, wont he?" "Oh, yes," was the reply: "but not until after the funeral. "
Now that Lotcl Palmerston has gone, says the Pali Pall Gazette, thpre is but one personage in England who, by virtue of his office, excites the sUghest feeling approaching to awe on the Continent, and that is the Lord Mayor of London.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 254, 12 December 1872, Page 5
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158MISCELLANEOUS. Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 254, 12 December 1872, Page 5
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