Friend : How do you get along with the. cooking ? •The Bride: Admirably! I blame it on the range. : ■f • - ».* ■ | ; ; Mother: I wonder what we can do with Johnny, he has such a way of exaggerating 1 everything. He is always making a mountain ', but of a molehill. j Father: I think, my dear, wo had better " make hi'in a; real estate agent. '•'•■■'■-■■ " * * - A unique 1 method was adopted by the members of a coloured church in South Georgia the to raise funds. They' ti'ad a gingercalce" eating contest having two c&kes^ighteen finches, long, and the person •eatintr his calce^in the "shortest time was de-v-clareilthe* winner;' An admission fee was charged, resulting in a good sum. , ... .„ — •■■ = - -;.%*■ j '."■Why have .' you volunteered ?" said a ' rather -careworn looking, newly-enrolled ' VoJunte'er fot this war to a Kne-looking 4< yfiiy, I volunteered because I have no wife and go in for war," was the unequivocal reply. *' And now, why have you volun ! teered ?" he added. [ "Ah "said the man with a careworn coun- | tenance, with a significant eigh, " I have ; yolunteered because I iiave a wife and go in |
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3030, 24 January 1899, Page 3
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184Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3030, 24 January 1899, Page 3
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