Wit and Humour.
A OAT- no AT is always dangerous wken i& squalls. It is an noon question whether Jonah waa the first Secretary of the Navy or of the Interior. "I aim f-olell the truth." "Yes," ioterruptcri an acquaintance ; " but you ares* very bad shot." " Patience " being triven to a little Scotch lad to define, he auswcred, " Wait a wee and dinna weary " An amateur once asked Lipzt how to play the piano with soul. Tho genial master re« plied : " You must first of all have a soul.'* " Do you think I'm a simpleton, sir?'* thundered a fiery Scotch laird to his new footman. "Ye pee, sir," replied the canny Scot. "Im no' lang here, and I dinna ken.' yet." "This is the latest witticiam with which W. S. Gilbert is credited : "It is easy enough for Bishop? to be good on a salary of £5,000 a year," said the satirical dramatist, looking round on a select circle of literary friends, " but we b&vo to bo good, for nothing"— a pause — " and come of us are."
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 5
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