ODDS AND ENDS.
* Yeßterd&y forenoon (says the Detroit Free Prwd wMf a Detroit Justice of tihe Peacelat Jptanihg his feet by the itove^ndJhi^Oae by a cijfar, a stranger entered aSa presently inquired, ••Judge, how much -will you charge me to read about fifteen lines of printed matter from a book I have ?" " What can'ft^ you read them V replied his Honor. " 1 can, but I want to hear how the •ImOT-«w>ttnd^wQi«h're)»d~ftly»di^~4tiW gi«». „ you a. quarter to road- jthem to me." " AU'rrgiiV' rtfplied th* Jnlrtioi ; » I ■caA!iu^ro_,twentjrr%e_^fa ajix, qnicker. A woman opened the door at that moment, and the stranger put down the book on the desk, clasped her hand, and(said, V, B##i !«Mft pencilmark, ihere, and react slowly. His Hohbr's cnjn : <fifrim^j tixritfto m^ieep^ inches by 'dry ' meksiire wrKe row that *-.- the reading matter wto the usual forth : of marriage,' but ' fie : didti't' bftck dpwn from his word. It w«w the cheapest mariiage heaver attended, ahd he tlidn't half enjoy the ;chafcklea of 'the v b'Hde and* grpp&asi;hey^ent'Qul!. n> »»'[■•*■ "" !f . J)octor(to spouse of ' sfek BfiHerniart) .— "But how about the leocliesl ordered, Mrs OTiahertar ft 1 •. Intelligent Descendant of tfeSqngaof IrelWd 4«*Shure. sofrjT gatath'em io him, *, not send me' 'no ? wor& ? h6w; ' sotr ao oi' boiled them on wautther, > ,: sor r, an' he wouldn't swHller only two'n eiri, doother, avicfc!"' <-i - •'■ •!<■* •> >rw, ■ ■(:..■• The man who tries lo'build a fire with wet wood acts m a damp f ueliflh way. Why is ii 'that the man iyh6 goes is called the waiter, and this mam who really does the waiting ia called*guest 1
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 860, 11 August 1879, Page 2
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261ODDS AND ENDS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 860, 11 August 1879, Page 2
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