KIBBLINGS.
A 'little nonsenM »o»ond thtn. U reliJbedtjy^th* ■wiKen men.
Policerpan, — " Have -you. a permit to play ier&"?V grinder :-" No, but it amuses the little ones co much." Policeman : ''Then yoa will have. the goodness toacooiDpony t me." Organ grinder : "Very well, sir ; Svhat do you wish to sins; ?" " Why don't you go to work ?" said a charitable Jady to a tramp, before whom Bhe had placed a nicely cooked meal. " I would," replied the vagrant, ''It I had the tools." " What aort s of tools do you want ?" aßked bis hostess. %? A knife and fork.""
Antiquary : " Here's something very rare, the identical Oolt'a pißtol worn by the great Ronald who was slain at Ronceßsalleß bj the Turks." Customer " But therV were nb pistdld in thdße dayß." Antiquary : "1 know, my dear sir ; that's what makts them bo rare."
A poor, ' emaciated Irish tran, having called in a physician as a forlorn hope, the latter spread a buge mastnrd plaster and clapped it on the poor fellows chest. Pat, with a tearful eye, looking down upon it said, fir Dochter, dochter, dear it strikes me:that'it ißa dale of mustard for so little mate."
A lecturer .on .the Sandwich Islands offered to show bow the cannioajs eat their food if any lady' would lend him a baby. The Itctufe was not illustrated. -
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8950, 5 December 1890, Page 4
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