KIBBLINGS.
A little nonsoneo soy end then. Is; dished by tbt wiseat men. Architeot : " A modern seaside oottage built on this plan would* coßt yoa about one million dollars." American millionaire (disgusted) '. "That might do for a dog kennel." Architeot ( w ith rare presence of mind showing another plan): "Yes, Bir ; that was my idea. It would do for the dog kennel. Now hero is the plan for the cottage itself, whioh oan be bnilt, I think, for about 100,000 dollars." Two Detroiters nre not speaking to each other now. Several nights ago they had some words over a quiet game limited to fifty cente, and one called tho other a prevarioator. Friends interfered and the insulted man insisted upon an apology. "If he says he is sorry," he said, "it will be all right," he explained. Then the friends went after the ofEendor. " Blank says it will be all right if you say you are sorry for what yoa called him," they said. " What did I call him ?" <( You said ho 1 was it prevaricator." "Is that all ? : ' and be began to get hot. "Well, I'm very worry I called him that, I ought to have called him a— — liar and had it out with hi» on the spot." That wob a week or more a^o nnd there is no sign yet of sproatß on the olive bnujoh.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9269, 19 December 1891, Page 4
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