Fun.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1836, 12 April 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)

Fun.

Q-BNTLEMAIf (in barber's chair, notices a d(Hf who sits close by him regarding him with fixsd attention): What is that dog staring at mtj that way for ? Jabber (Indifferently): That dog always there. You know, if I happen to cut off a piece of an ear G-ENCiEaiAX : Well ? Bab3eb: O, well — he eats it.

Miraculous feats in dentistry aro fro« quently performed. Sometimes a subject is chloroformed^ uid when he recovers to consciousness big shnt 9tuds are gone, and the double cluster firmly fixed in his jaw still remains, But the mo& uwrypllous dental achievement hag juat transpired. A lady who had not spoken for six months entered the office of a Chicago dentist. Through a mistake the operator got hold of her breath and pulled her voice out. — Chicago Telegram.

Not what it is cracked up to bo— A woi'm* eaten nut.

Tho published report of an English benevolent socieby says: "Notwithstanding the large amount paid for medicine and medical attendance, very few deaths occurred during the year."

A widower who had married again arrived afc Nice on his second wedding journey. " I romombcr you very well," said the bookkeeper, " but your wife has grown very thin. ' "Yes." "She was taller." "Yea." And lighter complexion, was she not?" "Yes. Besides, you know, it is not the same one!"

Teaches : What do -we learn from _ the parable of the seven wise and foolish virgins ? Girl : That we should hourly await the bridegioom !

It ia a rule that Las for ages held, And never an exception know, If yon to love one sister feel impelled, The other one's in love with you !

Gobert, the actor, bad such a poor memory that when he was to read a letter on the boards it always had to be written out for him. As the king in a military piece, he one© had to receive a letter from his adjutant and read it to the assembled officers. The adjutant (the comedian Gautier) substituted for the written letter given him by the prompter a blank sheet of paper, and at the given moment delivered it to the king. Gobert took it, opened it, and seeing the joke that had been played, returned it with the greatest gravity \q, Gautier, saying : " Eead it yourself, Genteral." Gautier did. not know a word of the letlejr and could say nothing impromptu, so at last the audience delected and enjoyed the joka upon him. j

The movements of the dead are now pretty generally recorded in the society colu) nns of the ckily newspapers. To enjoy the jfcrivacj of hia retirement a man must now be in an advanced state of decomposition.