THE BEST PLACE.
The Major: On the field of battle a brave soldier will always .be found where the bullets are thickest. You ■understand? Private Flanigan, where would you be found, then, on the battlefield?" Private Planiga_i: In the ammunition waggon, sor.
• CANNIBALISM.
Selectman (to whom Mrs O'Flaherty has applied for aid): I notice that you keep hens; why not kill some of them for food? Mrs O'Flaherty; Dade, an' they've been round th' table so much it wud be loike 'atm wan ay me own family, tn' shure it's not mesilf thot's a conatbal.
Mrs Malaprop: "Who are the two young ladies playing that duet on the piano?" Herr Strawitzi: "One 1R the daughter of the hostess." Mrs Malaprop: "And, pray, who is her.accomplice?" . ........
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1900, Page 8
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125THE BEST PLACE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1900, Page 8
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