Odds and Ends.
Little Girl: " Yon will have to buy » a new waterproof, some overshoes, Mi umbrella." Mother : «' 'Vu'.s the harry?" Little Girl-. 'invited to a picnic nexi v :e jj '•> Mrs Gp-mes: " Wh y (E(1 ou teU Johnny that w 4 ake his mousEtef °" to a of COl \t I on his lip ?" Grymes: "lie . i whistle while testing the matter." First Tramp (running): "Do you know the name of that dog '?" Second Tramp (increasing pace): " I should say it was ' Posterity,' by the way be comes after us." Husband : 4i Do you think my full beard is an improvement *?" Wife : " How much does it, save you a week ?" " Eighteenpence." " Yes it's an improvement." '* What is the first thing you would do Jones, if you were stung by a wasp'? " asked Smith, who had been reading an article on the treatment of stings. '• Howl," replied Jones solemnly. Little girl: '• Mamma, lot me carry the baby ! " Mamma : " No, darling: you're too little ; yon might let it fall." Little girl: '• Weil, may I have it when its worn out ? " My wife is putting up some brandled peaches, remarked the fond husband. "I don't care much for u. hnt ¥ lite- the spirit in
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Hastings Standard, Issue 31, 2 June 1896, Page 4
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201Odds and Ends. Hastings Standard, Issue 31, 2 June 1896, Page 4
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