Fun. An Irish Bull.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2018, 13 June 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

Fun. An Irish Bull.

Tue grand jury in the county of Tlpperary t in Ireland, passed the following resolutions : Resoli e>l— That the present gaol is insufficient, and that another ought to be built. Jlcsoh cd— That the materials of the old gaol be employed in constructing the new one. Hcsolrctl — That the old gaol shall not be taken down until tho new one is finished. Sdcckss in life is very apt to make us foryet the time when we weren't much. It is just so with a frog on a jump ; he can't remember when be was a tadpole, but others can. By cable : " How's business with you, Sandy?" asked young Swearhoff, as he met the Czar the other day. " Oh, it's Russian," replied the emperor. " Where you Bomanhoff to ? " " I Moscow home." " Look out and don't get Dnieper on you." "Don't be Volga." " Tar-tar."— Pittsburg Chroniek. A noes father on the West Side entered' faClark Street saloon last evening, and, t^ his infinite surprise and unspeakable) mortification, discovered his only son seated at a oard> table and indulging in the wicked game cf euchre. He bounoed the youth unceremoniously ; then looking at the vacant ohair at the table, he noted that his heir had left a very promising hand, and co he sat right down and finished it, and raked in the pot. This is virtue rewarded. — Chicago Telegram. A well-known financier was addressing some good counoil to his son. "See here, my boy, hoaeaty before all. Why, last evening a customer made a mistake in payment ; instead of paying me four thousand dollars he paid me five thousand dollars." '•Well?" "I gave five hundred dollars to my paitner." — Ada Columbtano.

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