KIBBLINGS.
A little nonsense to* •nil then, la relished by tb» wiseßt men. " Well, Mrs M'Ginty, an' phat did the ould man •bo after givin' yez for Christmas ?" — <: Luk at that black eye an 1 don't be askin' me questions ?" An embarrassed young man, who had just been married by a clergyman, not knowing how to expresß his gratitude, in handing over a small fee said : "I hope to give you more next time." "Mercy, John, the carpet must be on tire somewhere !'' — " Ob, no. That odour comes from ono of those cigars you gave me. Your brother is smoking it in the next room." There are two things in this world about which the average woman seems to be eternally in doubt. One is whether her hut is on straight, and the other is just how u.uch her husband loves her. " I hear your hnaband has been out shooting. Did be have any luck ?" asked Mrs Fitz'oy of Mrs Shiftless. " Oh, yes ; ho had luc-fc, if you please to call it sc. He saved two finaers of hid right hand." A witty writer has observed, with much truth, that every man is in a senso, three different men. In tho first place, he is the man ho thinks himself to bu ; in the secoud pluce, ho is tLe man otner persons tkink him to be ; and finally he is the mat that hu really is.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8742, 31 March 1890, Page 4
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