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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 930, 21 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

The difference between tlie preacher, and builder, and the architect of a church is simply this - One is tliorcctov, the other is the erector, and the third is the director., Who is tlie laziest man! The furniture dealer; lie keeps chairs and lounges about all the time, Young ladies at needlework are not always, what tliey appear. TLoy are sometimes seaming.. Why were the monks of old seldom warm? ..Because they were nearly always "cowled." " Got'all'kinds'of ties here f said a would-be;wit;'entering a well-known furnishing store, " Yes, sir, " replied the shopman. ' "Well, I should like a pig's stye" "remarked the Customer. " All right,'just bend down your hogshead and we .\yill»take your measure," said the ready, shopman, As one result of the recent financial panic :in, America, several of the "upper ten" have felt it a duty to give up their pews in fashionable churches; and if things go oil at this rate, they fear they may, have to relinquish their boxes at the'"6pM," A tailor, who, in skating, fell through the ice, declared that ho would never again leave a hot goose for a cold duck!