A touxg gentleman being pressed very hard in company to sing, even after he had solemnly assured them that he could not, observed testily that they wanted to make a lutt of him. " No, my good sir, " said Mr. Coltnan, " we only want to get a stave out of you." A Buffoon at the Court of Francis I. complained to the king that a great lord threatened to murder him Tor uttering some jokes about him. "If he does, " said Francis, "he shall be banged in five minutes after." "I wish," replied the complainant, " your Majesty would pleaso to hang him fire minutes before." An experienced woman asserts, that when men break their hearts, it ii all the samo as when a lobster breaks one of his claws — another sprouting immediately, and growing in its place. A FRiEND has presented us with the autograph of the blacksmith who riveted the public gaze ; also one of tho timbers of tho boose that a celebrated actor brought dowu.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 834, 18 July 1868, Page 4
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166Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 834, 18 July 1868, Page 4
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