KIBBLINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9293, 20 January 1892, Page 4

KIBBLINGS.

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Wife : " 1 believe that more women than men go to heaven." Husband : "Yon do ; what mnkes you think so?" Wife : " Women live better lives than men." Husband :" I firant it, Mary, but there is one thing that leads mo to think there are very few women on thoother side." "Wife : " What is that ?" "It is spoken of as the silent shore." " I do not believe in this nonsense about Friday beincj an unlucky day," said Mrs Minks. " Don't you, my dear ?" replied Minks, who was a trifle out of humor. "I believe in it, though. Friday, you will rememboi, was the day I was foolish enough to ask you to marry me." '.' Ah, yes," Mrs Minks responded, "bo it was and I was foolish enough to acoept you. Yeß, Friday is on unlucky day." " Ob, Mrs Watts, you should join our literary society." "Should I?" "Yes, indeed. We study and learn so much. Laßt evening we took up Oarlyle's quarrels with his wife." "It must have bean interesting." "Very. Next meeting we shall investigate tbe private life of Goethe and his lovo affairß." " How instructive." 11 Yes, and we have found out everything about Poe'a dissipation and disrot utable oonduot, and purpose soon to thoroughly investigate tho immoral aations of Voltaire." v Indeed." •• Oh, thoro's nothing like literary society to increase ono'B culture. You ought to join*"