KIBBINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9208, 9 October 1891, Page 4

KIB BINGS.

>» tittle DCnsoDße roy and than, tn dished by tfop »ito*t men. A penny cigar, with a good draught, and an enterprising youth attached to the tail end of it,' will load the surrounding atmosphere with a fragrance that heavily discounts a bone -yard, or a boot factory that boras its own soraps. She : " Mamma says she knows that when we are" married we shan't live bo like oat ojid dog us she and papa do." He: "No, indeed, your mamma is right I" —^'Ycs, she sayß she is sure - you'll be easier to manage than papa is." — "0h! M Eminent Per«on»ge : " May I ask whether you are related to the Mr Smith whom J met at Venice last year ?" Mr Smith : v I am that Mr Smith, sir." Eminent Personage : "Ah ! that accounts for the remarkable resemblance." "Lid you over meet a real pirate?" hSked a young lady. " Yes," replied the old naval officer ; "once, on tbe coest of Kent."— " How delightful! A«d did he eail on a long, low, rakish-looking craft painted black ?' — "So, He kept a seaside uolel." While visiting tbo Louvre in Parian lady showod the Venus of Milo to her little daughter. " But tell me, mamma," asked the child, " what did they cut her arms off for ?"—" Because she was always sucking her thumb." Her daughter asked no more questions.