A Bum nerer sees the lust of a pair of ready-made boots bought for him. " That's a Tefy pretty dress of yours, dear, tt looks just like silk." " But it is silk." "Oh, dear, I thought it was worsted!" When the clergyman remarked that there weald be a nare in the church the society was building, an old lady whispered that she knew the party to whom he referred. A timid young man has married a lady whose weight verges close upon 200 pounds. •'My dear/* ha says to her, "shall I help you orer the fence ?" " No," says she to him," help the fence." Definitions by • French Postoffice elerk. A married woman is a letter which has reached its address. A young girl is • letter which has not yet been posted. An old ■•id ii § letter forgotten at the port* m> fault
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1524, 26 March 1886, Page 4
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143Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1524, 26 March 1886, Page 4
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