SMJCE-SAWHitE ' A FARM RIDDLE. ] Which letter does a farmer like the best? This Is a riddle that I quickly." guessed. •'; You say you cannot? Well, just try'again. The letter G, because It makes "rain/"grain." A COUNTY SENTENCE. :, ! The following sentence Is made urr of th« letters in (ho name Xottlnghamshirc, no otherletters being used:- ~ . ■.: - 1 A great nation is sometimes." the. gainer li nut resorting to arms against, its enemies,'tho' their aim is to ma*.its interest. • ■■'< EASYj-PAYMENT. \ He had made a good recovery from a seriousIllness and. was expressing 'his thanks, to the" doctor.-'. .-',■'■ ." ~" '■ ,;?,, ;■. ;. ■ "However I can repay you for all-you'v* "I'm not particular," replied the doctor/ casually, "whether you pay by cash, postal orO»r, or cheque." \ . ' Ilent Collector: I'm to give you • warning that the landlord is going to raise your rent.' Tenant: That's good news, because 1 can't' raise it myself. .. i PROOF POSITIVE. .< ■ Black: Why are you so cfitain that the tallest people arc the laziest? . ■■ White: Because they arc always longer in bed STRIKE AN AVERAGE./ ■ | Jack: I have added this list of figures-four-times, sir. ■ ..;...:' ..■.; ..■■.-. Teacher: Jlost.thorough,of j-ou. • -; Jack: Thank you,:~sir-I..her.e-'are the four Wind it up then. ' ■ Brother Bill had left his .watch in his! room and he asked his brother Peter to run upstairs -and fetch it. . . . "It will run down itself If you wait long enough." replied Peter. : . ■ HOW TO GROW RICH. Tom: Why is a pound note-worth more, than a ffoldcn sovereign 9 * ; nick: But It isn't! ' ;u-;:- ■■;■: ■ ■ Tom: Well, anyway, when' you fold ii 'you iloublo it, and when you unfold It,'again'jou find it increases. v" . : .ASK THIS AT BREAKFAST.YIME. ■'.''-. What is the smallest. room! ;' ' .-Xow say! ; . .... ;,',:--■-■■ I saw. one only yesterday. ■ . .... ■■'..-. ... . t somehow feel that you will" giies's— Xho answer is "a mushroom," yes i
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1935, Page 24
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294Page 24 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1935, Page 24
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