Making a Mash.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

Making a Mash.

Come, sweot misquito, pray b,> not so shy ; Draw nearer whilst than hing st thy lullaby. Art thou in love with mo ? Then be not coy ; To hold thee now would make me wild with joy Thou holdeth hack, but cpasjth not thy lay • Thou art too bashful, draw thee nearer, pray. I love the, yos— swoop, slap ! all doubt' is past — I wooed thee well, thou'rt mashed on me at last

In a yery moving letter, the rich Skinßint supplicates a banker to assist a poor man who owes ft quarter's rent to an inexorable ciechtor. " A.nd who ii the inexorable creditor?" asks tho banker of the poor fellow in question " Skinflint !"

Episode in tho life of M. de Camors. Returning from a club dinner early one morning he met a fish-ivife, who was crying lustily : "Freshening, fresh herring, fresh herring !" tumors searched in his pocket, and, pulling out a so\ ereign, he says to the fish-wife : " Hero 11 a sorereign for you if you are game to cry, Stinking herring, rotten herring !' " Tho good woman imiled sweetly, fell'on Camora' neck, and, kissing him, said with effusion : "Oh, thanks, thanks ! Now, for once, I can speak the truth !"

At the Academy of Sciences. They are diicussUig the question of the longevity of the human

"Since the revolution, the average of life is much shorter than before that event," exclaimed a highly scientific member. "For example, I'll uefy you to show mo a centenarian now Urine who was born bitice 1703 !"

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