When you are nailing down carpets, and pound your finger, it's time to try a new tack.
The dearest object to a man should be his wife, but it is not unfrequently her clothes.
Johnnie, a bright boy of six years, while being dressed for school, observing his little overcoat much the worse for wear and very much repaired, turned quickly to his mother, and asked, " Ma, is pa rich ?" " Yes—very rich, Johnnie; he is worth two millions aud a-half. He values you at a million, me at a million, and baby at half a million !" Johnnie, after thinking a moment: " Ma, tell pa to sell tho baby and buy us some clothes."
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2486, 16 June 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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113Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2486, 16 June 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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