On His Dignity.
La-dy : "Wish to leavel? Why, I thought, Thompson, you were very comfortable with me." Thompson (refined in manner) : V fJo yea, pium ; I don't fiud no fault with you, mum, nor yet with toaster, but the truth is, mum, the hother servants his so 'orrfd vulvar arid hignorant, and speaks so huugrammatic il, that, I reeley cannot live bin tho same 'ouse with 'em, and .1 goes this day month, if so be has it won't iilconvtmionoe you." _0 Wood Versus Icose. While a pai-sengor train on the southwestern line wns passing over a bridge, a country bumpkin kfpt putting his head out of the window.. "Keep your head inside," shouted the guard. " :'*What for?" " Eor fear you'll damage the ironwork of the bridge." o Ir Wouldn't Occur Again. —Ben ham : ' I had;a eh ac squeeze in busi,aQ&& to-day.' ■ Mrs. B^nham : ' Your next typewriter Bhall be a man.' . ... ;., ...- -u.yi Some people never realise how well off they are until they try to ride a bicycle.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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168On His Dignity. Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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