Fun and Fancy.
What kind of robbery is not dangerous ? A Bafo robbery, of course.
It goeß agairst the grain to gamble in corn and wheat.
Fritz has named his dog Non Sequitur, because it does not follow.
A book with a jooee leaf should be boumd ov»r to kpep tha piece. — N. O. Picayuue. Free of charge— An eropty gun. . NWer argy agin a saoci-es.— Artenaus Ward. ' Love laughs at lock3mitbp,' and yet there fen'ft anytbiug very funny about a locksmith. If a maiden says she iB twenty, yet looks fifty, add the figures together, divide by two, and you will 'avpr age. 'Whore is Eithetic'sm mentioned in. the Bible ? ' Give it up.' ' When Ba*lam «mote his ass and made it to utter— Too U- tf r !'
A bridge over a stream in Ji iß"uri ("ears thin legend : 'Drive over as fast a* yon want to, and be dnrnt d!' Everyb 'dy, therefor^, drives at a walk
Mra Par'ittgt.' n went recently to a chemist's for some ' Venonr -extingut'tbet. ' She «»)d tha ooclrroftcnes ' er.umerateri sn fasfc' thftd she was impelled 'to get somsluing to tw^ree thpm.'
The planet S iturn in now fn opposition totl"o sun. But fhe snn will probably fu'viv«, in spite of the of Saturn and all his ringfl. — Lowel! Courier. Perfectly water jwroof : Preacher (arriving drenched) ' What Bhhil I do, Mrs M'Gregor? X am wet through and- through. Old Scotch* w. .man— Get into the pulpit m sane aa ye c»n, Ye'U to dhry ftw' there.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 24
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251Fun and Fancy. Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 24
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