TRIFLES.
■ Why is ilio letter "g" like the sun ? Bene it is tho ccnti'o of light, Why arn jood resolutions likefair.t> ing ladies in company ? Becanso lliey want carrying out, A woman's scorn is something not to bo trifled with, ospocially when you step on it in a crowded traincar. Bmith calls his baby Maobotli, lio« causo it murders sleep; ,iml his pig Maud, becmiso it will como into tho garden. Jinks has>en out the night bofovo and is lato Jvhis desk* Employer, sternlyXMß" Jinks: "Not verv! sir." Icau novor to more than a sister to you," said a lmxom widow tenderly to fln old bachelor who had proposed. "Ab, madam, yes, you capi"' hn
n.'i>|)<>ii(leil gallantly, "lain not a muii to lose hope," "Yes, Imtl say I can. not," she persisted," You have daiightrrs, madam," lio shM, "and you may yet bo uiy moilier-in-law." Student [translating] ; "Andcr—then- er -he—or— wynt—cr and ee." Professor: '• Don't laugh, gentlotnen; to err is human."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3030, 16 October 1888, Page 3
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161TRIFLES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3030, 16 October 1888, Page 3
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