Talk of the Day.
In a tight plaoe—at a wine supper. Thx old masters—Retired sea captains. Men who have horse sense know when to Bay neigh. Thb feather girls have struck. They are down on monopoly. Room for argument—The family Bitting room. i "So you're a gaol bird, eh ? What did they put you in for?" "Robin." ; " Is Miss Manual a good player T" " Divine I She never plays when anybody is within ear-shot." Taxi great men of this world ought not to sneer at the little men. If there were no little] raeq, they tharasslves would not seem great! by comparison. 1 The church and tbe stage should be more friendly than they are. Tne average aotress' can furnish a larger hajvye&fc cf marriage few than five ordinary women. Fibst orook: " Making &sy rßoney, nowadays, Jack?" Second crook: " Lots of H. n f " In what line?" " I'm in business as a counterfeiter." Railway superintendent {to car inspector) u Any of the cars out of order V "Yes; No. 412 is unfit for servioe." "Well, use it only for excursions after this." We are none of us perfeot in this world, but a good many of us look complacently at ourselves in the glass sometimes, and cheerfully think that w« are pretty near it.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1372, 13 August 1895, Page 7
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