KIBBLINGS.
A little DODseof s xiq-w and then. Il elittal by tbt wive*, iron,
"Suppose," said an examiner to a student ■ in engineering, " yoa bad built lan engine '. yourself; performod every port of the - work without assistance, ani knew that H was in complete order, but when put on ' the road the pump would not draw water, what would you do?" "I should look "into the tank and asoertain if there waß
•Ny water to draw," replied the student. Not Likely.— Barrister : " What, you hive the'audacity to aßk me to take you " on aq my servant after I have defend ad .'you in a caso of robbory ?" Kogue and • vagabond : " Tbat'B just the reason why, ■ bit. Ytra told the jury so many things ■•■ about me, suoh as nobody else ever did, ' that of CQurso I thought as how you 'would only be too pleased if I made \ou •thftoffer."
Magistrate : " How did h" get injured?" Police-constable 49 X : " You see, your worship, all of a Eiidden, while ho were •Mtandia^in Maryb^ne a-sin^ing at the top ' ef'liis voice, down ho falls, on' cuts his •Vad opbn." Magistrate : "Ab, no wonder he hurt himself, if ho fell oil the top of 1 hia voice.;" (And everybody in court was convulsed. Behold how groat a laagh a ' little wit kindleth — in a police court.)
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9475, 22 August 1892, Page 4
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