At one of the schools in Cornwall, the inspector asked the children if they could quote any text of Scripture which forbade a man having two wives. One of the children sagely quoted in reply, "No man cau serve two masters."
A debating society has under consideration the question, "Is it wrong to cheat a lawyer?" The. result is expected to be "No; but impossible."
Why are schoolmaster and schoolboy like dog and cat? — Because one is of the canin' tribe, and the other is of the feelin'.
•Why do honest ducks dip their heads under water? — To liquidate their little Jills.
Pratt.— To-day, at her residence. Bridge-street, the wife of Mr. John Pratt, of a daughter.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 110, 13 May 1867, Page 2
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