Soothing Advice.—" My dear," said a frightened husband in the middle of the night, shaking his wife, " where did you put that bottle of strychnine ?" " On the shelf next to the peppermint." " Oh, Lord!" he groaned, "I've swallowed it." " Well, for goodness sake," whispered his wife, " keep quiet or you'll wake the baby." Belkins to his friend Cobbleton): I hear that you have married your washerwoman ? Cobbleton: Yes. B.: What on earth prompted you to so lower yourself ? C.: Well, it was this way; I owed her for washing. Said that if I didn't pay her she world sue'me. Married her tr prevent liti gation. Now she'll never get a penny.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2361, 10 May 1901, Page 6
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111Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2361, 10 May 1901, Page 6
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