The expression, " Where the »hoe pinches,' was first used by Plutarch, and in this way. He tells the story of a Roman who divorced from bis wife, and says: "This person bein* highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, •Was she not chaste?' * Was she not fair?' Holding out hi* shoe, he asked them, " Was it not new ? Was it not well made ? ' Yet,' added he, * none of you can tell where it pinches me.'" Jakey—" Fadder, dere's a fly in der soup." MrCohn—"Veil eat all but der fly before jou show it to der waiter; den you can get some more." The only coolness that should come between two fond hearta is ice cream. Brown to Jones—" I say, lend me a dollar until to-morrow. You see I changed my Test this morning." Jones—" I'm sorry, but I'to just iuTested my change." " Maria, I wish you would keep still," said Brown trying to write. " Your tongue is like Tennyson's Brook; it goes on for ever." " Humph!" answered Mrs 8., indignantly, " I suppose you think that' a joke f" " Well, I metal it for • iort of fpg"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1585, 15 April 1887, Page 4
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