Life Insurance Warnings.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1964, 7 February 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Life Insurance Warnings.

Two blind men en the railroad track, Strolling up and strolling back ; A. lightning train came whizzing along — There ain't any more to this 'ere Bong. Merchant Traveller. A kitchen-stove — a servant girl — A kerosene-can— oh, foolish churl ! A lighted mateh — a fi/.z— a boom — No servant-girl left in the room. — Chicago Telegram. A big pop cracker burns too slow, A boy stoops down the fuz to blow ; A loud report, a painful ory, A thumbless hand, a Eightlesa eye 1 — Richmond Baton. A Kemington rifle — unloaded too — Playfully aimed at the girl in blue, The gun went off, so did the girl, And the rope should give the boy a twirl. — Oil City Derrick. An editor calm— a poet mild — " I've brought ' The Song of an Orphan Child,' " A paper weight — a sickening thud Red and rich the poet's blood. — HatcheL A pretty maid — dressed so neat, Majestically walking down the street ; A shining peel— a terrible fall, A rosewood coffin — that is all. Elmira Gazette. A lisping rhymster, a typo man, Who another take began to scan ; A fearful yell, a crash of glassMake room and let the funeral pass. — New York News.