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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4190, 29 May 1939, Page 3

FOR A CHANGE. The rather elderly collide',' who had * been courting for many, many years, • decided to get married. The prospective bridegroom accord- - ingly went along to the vicor. • “Well, John,” beamed the vicar, “I’m so glad to hear that after all these years, you and Betsy are to ; be 1 married. Where and how are you * thinking of spending the honeymoon, may I ask?” “Well, zur,’ \ replied John, smiling shyly, “us thought it would be a bit of a change life if, after us got wed, wo each went our different ways for a week or so.” SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE. The teacher was telling her class a--long, highly embellished story ofSanta Claus, and the mirth of Willie eventually got entirely beyond his * control. “Willie,” said the teacher sternly, ' “what did I punish you for yester- T day?” “For telling something that wasn’t * so,” promptly answered Willie. “And - I was just wondering who was going to punish you.” FIRST THING! The angler decided to rise very ; early. As he walked along the main street he heard the village clock strike five. “Well, I’ve always heard a lot about the early rising of country folk,” he thought to himself, “but there’s no one about yet.”