KIBBLINGS.
A little DOneenMro* ami tben. . Is ullabod by ib* iriwti hop. Three thiogß that are seen ia a peacock —trio garb of an aDgel, the walk of a thief, and the voice of the devil. "There is a nse for everything." said thn surgeon, as he slily dropped orange skins on the .pavement at midnight. '" This world is pretty even — the piano has spoiled many. a good dißh washer, and many a,good dish washer haa spoiled a piano. ' !"l ' Three things not easily done —ti allay things with fire, to dry wet. with water, and to please all in everything that is done. "Oh, Why Should They Bnry Me Deep?" is r tho title o£ 6omo verseß sent to this office by a poet: After reading the poem, the reason seoms clear to ds. Tho- '- sLould never hear anylauguai»© but, this :— "Jou have , your own why to ma.k.e T . and it depends upou your own esoftitas whethei you starve or not." 11 1 want to Boe the head of tho firm," said the commercial traveller, ob he b?-;an ■ unpaokiog 1 Irs combs. *' It's a bald ooe,' 1 the assistant told him ; and be sorrowfully departed. -, .■-. v ; It was said of a mean schoolmaster who took city boarders that he fed his guestfi on tb« piris of epeeob. . It was certainly cannibalism to foed on tluir mother tongue.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9195, 24 September 1891, Page 4
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228KIBBLINGS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9195, 24 September 1891, Page 4
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