KIBBLINGS.
A. little nansonao now and than. Is relished by the wifen men. Henry. "So .you asked old Qrowler for his daughter last night, Hid you, Fred ? And how did you 09039 out ?" Fred : "It was a window I believe, Harry. That wbb the best I could do, though." A butcher let a sailor have a shoulder of mutton on trust, but finding a day later that tbe sailor hi»d left the country, said, "If I had known he never intended paying I would have charged him more for it." Doctor : " I Bee just what's the matter with you. You need something strengthening. Eut a plate of oatmeal, boiled, every morning for breakfast." Patient : " I do, doctor." Doctor (eqaal to the occasion) : " Then leave it off." How husbands are caught — With the Iftßß-o. Josh Billings says, " Love ia Bed to be blind, but I know lots of phelows in love who kun see twice uz much in their sweethearts nz I can." " Will you marry me, Bridget ?" a widower of a year asked his cook. " How many afternoons a week out kin I have, eorr ?" she asked in reply. He : " Excuse me for interrupting you, lady, but the fact is you are sittinsr on my hat." She : " How Btupid. Why didn't you say so before I sal down."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8640, 28 November 1889, Page 4
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218KIBBLINGS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8640, 28 November 1889, Page 4
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