ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 25, 25 June 1908, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

About 750,000 barrels oE American apples are exported annually to England.

'You ought, to rise with the lark.' ' Well, if I had to perch all night on a cold twig I suppose I'd be glad to.'

Lady—' But, really, as you've only been in service ten months, I don't think you have had sufficient experience.' Applicant— 1 But I've been in ten situations.'

Charlie : ' There was a splendid trick done last evening. I saw a man actually turn a handkerchief into an egg.' Billy : ' That's nothing. I saw a man only a/bout a week or two ago turn a cow into a field.'

Mrs. Smith, suddenly imbued with a spirit of neighborly interest in a lady who was just recovering from influenza, said to her little son : ' Willie, dear, just run across the street and ask how old Mrs. Brown is this morning:.' Willie returned within five minutes looking crestfallen. 'Well, lme you seen Mrs. Brown?' the mother asked. ' Yes ; and she said I was to tell you that it's none of your business how old she is.'