The Point of "View.—Mrs Scattergood: 'Eeally, George, this new treasure of yours is the very stupidest coachman we've ever had. Fancy, he couldn't find the way to my dressmaker's; what shall we do about him?' Mr Scattergood: 'Oh, raise his wages.'
Blunderly (looking at female portrait): 'Good gracious! What a hideous face! Where did you find that sitter?, Artist (coldly): 'That, sir, is a portrait of my sister.' Blunderly: '1 beg your pardon. My mistake, I'm sure. After all, I ought to have noticed the family resemblance.'
At the drug store.—'No, I do not want any more of Pott's Liver Cure.' 'It's a very good remedy, sir,' suggested the clerk, timidly. *Yes; maybe it is for Pott's liver. Probably it is. But it wasn't worth, a cuss ior mine.' ■ -
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 17, 21 January 1898, Page 2
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