"In your sermon this morning you spoke of a baby as a new wave on tho ocean of life," remarked the father of an overgrown family to fchp, vicar after the morning's service. "Quite so," replied tho clergyman. "A poetical figure of speech. Quite so." "Do you not think," suggested the harassed member of his flock, "that a fresh squall would have hit the mark better?" ; Mrs Wilson wanted 'to get Mrs Johnson's cook away from her so badly that she actually went to Mrs Johnson's house when she was away and offered the cook more money. The nest time they met at a -big dinner Mrs Johnson did not notice her. "Mrs Johnson, you know Mrs Wilson, do you not?" said the lady who sat between them. "No, I believe not," said Mrs Johnson ; "but I understands that she calls on my cook."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3330, 9 January 1918, Page 58
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144Page 58 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 3330, 9 January 1918, Page 58
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