“ Matches are a nuisance any way you fix them.” “How do you make that out?” “ Well, if you take only one to light the gas with, it invariably goes out.” “ Yes.” “And if you take two you always have to carry the other back.” Freddy : “ Ma, what is the baby’s name ?” Ma : “ The baby hasn’t any name.” Freddy : “ Then how did he know he belonged here ?” “ Mr Briggs, I should like to ask you for a small rise in my wages ; I have just been married,” said the workman. “Very sorry, my good man,” said the employer ; “but I can’t help you, • For accidents which happen to workmen outside the factory the company are not responsible.” First Commercial: “ Had you any luck on your last journey?” Second Ditto: “ Great luck ! The baby cut four teeth while I was away.” Tourist: “ You must have lived a good many years, my friend ?” Hodge : “ Yes, you’re roight there, sir—ever since Oi were a little lad.”
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1843, 19 November 1897, Page 6
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