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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9086, 19 May 1891, Page 4

KIBBINGS.

A lilile oOßsence vow ud then. la relished by th* wisest men.

•.'Mo.therj what is an -angel?" "My dear, it is a Uttle with wings, who flies." f'.But I heard papa telling , the, govorness yesterday that she was an angeK Will she fly ?" " "Yes, my dear,, she. will fly away the first thing .tomorrow." — - - i An Irishman recently brought before I a Boston - justice for beinsr drank, was aßked what excise ho had for becoming so intoxicated. "Seven excuses, ypur honor," replied tho inebriate. \* Seven excuses?" "Yes, Judge, .seven. Now, I don't mind tollin' ye all about it.. Ye sco, I've got six boys in the family, an.l last night— it's a girV. Judge." His excuse wi\B ; sofficirnt, and he was released. . - ' ♦•Pit, what is a fool ?" "A fool, my son, ] ia a rn'in who tickles the hind leg of a male." "Does he ever find jt out, pa?" " No, my son, not in this world. 1 ' Tbe lady who tapped her husband gently with n fan at a pwty the other night, and • said : * Lovp, it's late ; I think we had better-go borne," is tho same one who, after getting home, shook tho rollins-pin under his nose, and said ; "Yon infernal J old scoundrel, yon," if j ou ever look, at that ] mean, calico faco^, mackerpl-eyed thins that you looked ».t to-night, I'll burst your head "wide open."