KIBBLINBS.
A little ncnaense »ow and thtn. • U reiiahedby th» viMtt.men.
A fast man is usually very Blow when it comes to paying his debts. . " What is the stuff that dreams are made og .of ?'^ inquires a poet. In-'dne prief : word, sir— toi«fe.* "He handled, bis gun oarelessly, and pat^oq his? angel plumage," ia the latest ■ obituary notice .from Arkansas . ? <* ' On' land- at Maghull a signpost tells tbe wayfarer that " This style anil path are removed to the other *end". of tho field/! --,.. . - The Antidote — Mr Briggs (at the restaurant): "Bring me some limbprger." Mrs Briggs (dining with him): "Bring me some chloroform." A witness in eontt, being interrogated aB to bis kno vle'lge of the defendant in the case, said hs knew him intimately : "he had sapped with him, sailed with him, and borse whipped him." Sriirio' men iisver lose their presence of mind. ! Last - week a man threw his mother-in-law out of a window in the fifth storey' of a burning building, and carried a feather bed downstairs in his arms. .* r - f . A Yankee, describing a lean opponent, says : " I tell yoa wha+, sir, that roan doesn't amount to a Bam in arithmetic ; add him up, and there's nothing to Carry."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9088, 21 May 1891, Page 4
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204KIBBLINBS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9088, 21 May 1891, Page 4
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