News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 2

News in a Nutshell.

' Oh hare you heard the newt, Nelly P mamma saj's papi; has returned,' said t little boy to bis 'sister at the close of an election. Nelly thunderstruck at the news, could only;- gasp out, 'Papa'sreturned :. wouldn't the electors have him f ' | ( I don't see bow you can exist m such a dull place.' Widower -' I like it be. cause my wife died here/ Visitor (with a sigb) •Ah ! I think I could become attached to the place; too, undtx such circumstances.' (Wife thinks the thine oyer sdapiciomly.) ■ ; Stotit ladyi«paßseng«r m tram-car, wino-inj^-he had trodden, on ; her best corn ■' Phew— clumsy-r— ». Pp.ljite old gent.— • Very sorry, my dear madjam, but if you had a foot large enough to be seen, such an acciderft couldn't occur.' And then the stout lady smiled, HoSt (m agony about bi*|>oliahed inlaid ■floor)— • Badn't yon better come on the j* carpet, old fellow ? I'm afraid you will , slip you know/ (Guest with a wooden leg)— 'Oh it's all right old fellow, thanks I There's a nail m the end you know.' Earth worms have been found m Gippland m Australia tour and five feet m length, and of the thickness of one's thumb. An artesian well recently sunk at the Bank of New Zealand m Christcbureh struck the water at a depth of 19oft, and V c flow 'rtses to a height of 15ft, wbioh is the highest obtained m Canterbury.