Motes and Comments.
There ia a very good joke circulating in a certain YE country township JOKE. just now, and us some of our readers j■• rjv not have hoard it, the facta ■a ill bear a line or two. One day A-> chimney of a portly person i-indit fire, and burned muchly, ■,,.;'-,. furiously. And the guardians ',,! the law came up, as ia their •:,v:-nt, when the (i:o was dying •••it and there was no fear of beinu ; ,..!;.,d to Boil their hands or ;:::>;hes by assisting c out out the '■■<:Ad great lire. And they did note the addiese of ■:•.! nortiv nrrsnn and did con- . ;.:.:'i; to hale him before the vise ■■: ii of the laud —'.'ve>: the jays }• -v.. And it chanced that on the .Uv which fell after the day that :,■- heen nv-otioued tin; chimney A another person, less portly, but a die same persuasion, waxed .re--iii wiili a eertHin photographer \;; ; emotying into its hear:h die : , !: .i-. ; ?ttH of his disused chemical ;;■•, and it did vo;nit forth satmke, !:i ; flame, one cubic high for the a-a of cue Eixfcierh cf ar; h'-av. •\';id lie, comprehending nor the ii-rmnor.t excited against him. '<a;hwi!h told the tale of the ,■■■■,!'■ mauA .-ic;ion. And this • . Ag hy divers secret way? made ,- :: ew:i to the idiicers of the law, | Aw Aid commune together ami j A 1 the l#* pmaly o:\e to j ■ ■■■■::<} ut the meeting place whb j ; : ;. -ah or. And i: came to pass j ;• •: ri'.' ik'.i-'Jv one was desired ; ..:.,'..- iJ,, t he Fu::!ie e>Aera the | ;-.. '(.f seven " lAdu-rlsA 10 be | in ways known only ;o ; ' in la»v mo.l the ap- ; •..■..-. ■•-;r.rV;c«,:-o thereof. And ha- oil '■ :':■:• hiri le:irf portly friend ! -o , ,eA, And immediately he did I .. . -.en b.uore the Jay IAo eoeid -:. mm iiow he did [Acad. And j ]:•■-,• did treat him - as was the j ::A-;\ even though ail the j ■:,: : been naid aforetime, for smell i < : : :> ; --ay of the and the i v- And then. | ■■■,:.■;],,it hv dm examAe shown I .! ■:! one Jay JAe did imm-d.A U:\-: inform that the chimney ol ! ,:■■. ' yen house had been atir-. j V[ ; ;'i-;dore on these e<mnA men - : • : .,..; -vv.-.s in the land, and j : ; . dA "f i.lit: Ass poiaiy person ; '.•-■Lid-' a bmdtm auto him j .-■ s,e he did of himself inform, | !.■■ i::.vrmidons of the law and. i ['■■':. without summ-aiS; appear J [■-.■: plead his guilt. Verily o j A; rem;no a; etc timet! a | \'• v-oiah much silver —yea, ! :'.".". ,mvc;i " ii-ibervs." I i \ ADViCSITISUK AU: . ? >KI.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 182, 30 July 1901, Page 3
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414Motes and Comments. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 182, 30 July 1901, Page 3
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