C lippings.
A boy the other day ran into the shop of a f lend of mine, and irked for half a pound of tough bnuf-aiako. “ You mean tender, d m’t yon ?” said my friend. “No, tough.” “ You must bn a tunny lad, or you have made a mb take.” “No ! It ain’t any mistake. It’s for fathers supper, see, and if it’s tender ha’ll tdc it ad, but if it’s ioug!i 1M get a bit.” “People ought to be mighty careful about the way they educate their child* ran,” said Senator Sorghum. “ I Mippose there are m «ny things you would arrange differently if you could go bac k and tup'.riutecd your own childhood ?” “Yes, for instance, my thoughtless teachers sat me down in front of a copy book aud made me write ‘ honesty is th° best policy ’ over and over again. They dinned it into me so hard that my young spirit revolted, and I have had an aversiou to that motto ever since.” Jimmy : “ Mo aunt was tryin to tel me that smokin’ is injurious.” Tommy; “ Well, it might be if yer ole man ketches yer.” Tramp (calling at cottage on the roadside) ; Oi wish ye luck aye yer cows mem, but wud ye be kind enough to give me a drink av water ? “ Do you see anything ridiculous in this wig?” asked the young Barrisier. “ Only the head,” was the promp reply. “ I conclude that is a fly;” said the young trout. “ Yes,” said the mother trout, “ but you must not jump at conclusions.”
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 139, 10 December 1901, Page 3
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258Clippings. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 139, 10 December 1901, Page 3
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