Once more did U.ysses relate the story of his waiioe.j.i ,s, but still Penelope, hig faithful wife, s 100 k her head. “Where” g'.ie i.e si-'.ed, “are the labels on your trunks?” Of course, being a woman, she coulci hardly be expected to understand that she was living 0,000 or 7,000 years ago, the feminine mind being largely impervious, as it were, to the time concept. ■ A.i acquaintance, meeting an Irishman carrying a small box, asked him what it contained, “dure, an its full of npthing” replied the son of Erin. “Notbingl" exclaimed tne other. “And pray what does nothing look Use?” • “Faith, and if ye' U shut your eyes ye’ll be afcher seeio’ it , immediately.” ,'rf ' "" r'l- ■* '• i
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 127, 23 March 1901, Page 1
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119Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 127, 23 March 1901, Page 1
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