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Northern Advocate, 28 December 1937, Page 2

i ■_ : ~ An Indian student, writing a letter to the superintendent of a mission, desired to end with the words: “May heaven preserve you.” . Not being quite confident of the meaning of “preserve,” he looked up a dictionary.,When the letter reached the superintendent, it ended with the * words: “And may heaven pickle you.” * * * s> Geology Professor: “What kind of r rock is this?” ,; -4‘ » Student: “Oh! I just take it for granite.” , K Friend: “Did you fish with flies??’ Returning Camper: “Fish with them? - Wo fished with them, camped with them, ate with them and slept with them.” * :!* ❖ The old Maori man was in the train for the first time in his life. When the train came out of a long tunnel, he said: “Py korry, to-morra!”