Fun.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2003, 9 May 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Fun.

Bbown is cousulted by a freethinking friend of his, who is on the horns of a dilemma. "It iB against my principles to be buried with all the religious pomps and ceremonies of thfl church ; on the other hand I don't like to be buried without some kind of ceremony, on ao count of the prejudices of my family and thfl world, you know. Now, what would you do u you were me ? " -If I were you I wouldn't be buried at all."

A stranc.er in a small town, having lost his way, accosted a gentleman on the street : "Please, my good man," he says, tell me the way to the Post-oflice ? " "I am not a good man," says the person accosted, with conscious dignity, " I am the Mayor."

•* It ia incredible," exclaimed uncle Joseph, with an accent indicative of intense amazement, " I saw a mere boy to-day driving a pair of ponies up Collins-street, as if ho were & man ; why, I doodled him upon my knees— m 181.3 1 "

I The nr.ic.HT of inkocence. Dramatis persona) : Madam X , a lady friend, and Mademoiselle Julienne, daughter of Madam X . Madam , " Oh ! I was bo happy at the convent ; I would like to have remained there always 1 " „ , The Friend.— No doubt, but you could not then, have been the mother of Julienne ! " Julienne (tenderly embracing her mama).—11 Oil ! Mama, I would have been so unhappy without you 1 "

From the Siates— \ia Paris. •' I want to preserve the body of my dear defunct wife. How much will it cost to embalm the remains? It will cost you about five hundred dollars," "Oh 1 hang it you know, old fellow, that's too much 1 couldn't she be salted ? "