KIBBLINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 8987, 21 January 1891, Page 4

KIBBLINGS.

— } ♦- ■ — r~ A litt)<scCDßea»Q,r<j-» and then. Is rellihed by ih» vlseat men. Johnny (who got bis. feet wet and has just finished . a hot punch given in consequence): "I — I'-wasj-in two pnddles, mamma." Miss de Muir : " Papa always gives me a book as a birthday gift." Miss de Mejyaqr : " What a fine library you must havoi" ' , • , . A morning call — The Vicar : " And what's your name, my dear ?" Child of the period : " Well — you ought to know ! You kwistened mej" " , , "Anybody lose a shilling ?*' he called at the rear door of the tram cor, as he held np the coin, " Yes, sir, I did," replied three different men in chorus. " Oh, you did. Sorry for you, but this is a shilling I've had \n my pocket -for a week. ,' Beats all bow careless somo , folks are of their money *" People tiro smarter in this generation than they bnvs ever been before in the history of the world ; at least they think eoi. If you ask" pome ruen now-a-days' how the thermometer stands, they will tell you that it__doesn't stand at nil, bnt hauge. It is such men as these that make tbe world worth living in. Dhockeish : " Say', Crimsonbeak, Would not yon lite to have some of the wealih that's lying at tho bottom of tho Beo, from various wrecks?" Crinisoabeak : "I should say, I would. ; but, you see, .they're Hk<> old maidjt." Dhonkoigh : " Like old maidp, how ?" Crirasoubeak : •' There unclaimed treasures." "