KIBBLINGS.
A Httle noßßenso now and tten. la; dished by tht wlsert sen. Somebody, describing tho absutd appearance of a man dancing a polka, ■ays': " He looks though ho hud a hole in his pooket, and was trying to shake a shilling down the leg of his trousers." Wife (at breakfaet): "I want to do some shopping to-day, dear, if the weather ife favourable. What are the forecasts ?" Husband (oonsaltinp? his paper): "Rain, hail, thunder, and lightning." A man may; stop a foaming horse that's tearing down the street, May stop an enemy's advance amid the , battle's heat ; In fact, stop almost anything in situations trying ; *» But not a single man alive can stop a baby ' orying. ; ; St. Peter : " Who ore you ?" Applicant : "An humble Texas rainmaker." St. Peter: "Una ! You'd better apply one story below. They've been complaining of drought there ever sinoe.the country was settled." • First Reporter: "How did tho Daily , Getthere obtain n report of the Highup'wedding ? No reporters were admitted.?. > Second Reporter : " They sent a new man there, and he looked bo scared that all the attendants mistook him for the bridegroom."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9265, 15 December 1891, Page 4
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186KIBBLINGS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9265, 15 December 1891, Page 4
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