“ .Mv boy,*’ said the business man to bis son, “ there are two tilings that are vitally necessary if you are to succeed in business.” “ What are they, dad? ” “Honesty and sagacity.” “What is honesty?'’ “Always—no matter what happens, nor how adversely it may affect you—always keep your word once you have given it.” “ And sagacity?” “Never give it.” Old Gent (looking round submarine) : “ And doesn’t that gun got wet when you submerge?” Sailor; “No, no, sir : w hen we submerge one of the sailors holds an umbrella over it.” The butterfly is so called from the fact that its excrement resembles butter.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3516, 6 April 1931, Page 3
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