Ax.art untie, h.'seribing" a collection of I) ic*;i brae, says, “The visitor’s eye will b •truck <m entering the room with a, porcelain umbrella.” Whkx Artemus Ward was exhibiting his .Am’/ in Salt Lake City, his complimentary tickets to the city officials read—* 1 Admit beai'or and one wife.” The cashier of a business-house in iNow York finds that the following notice, posted in. front of his desk, .serves a useful purpose : person engaged in adding figures. There is notliing ho deaf as an adder/’ ilouxi) j’.v CouuTKsvr— “ Ah ? I beg pardon, lint your name is Cray/’ he said',* a< he met a man coming out of the Tostoliice. _ " Xo, sir—no, sir--my name is not Cray.” 11 < >h—ah —it isT/, eh! Tlion [ beg your pardon for begging y ur pardon.”
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2403, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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130Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2403, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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