KIBBLING.
A. lilue i o jdsdm bow ana mvo. (a tllaUd by tli* «U«* men.
An old man at Bcotlo got too much drink the other day, refusad to go to b>d, aod went to sleep oa tho floor. In about four hours' time he awoke, onl shoutad downstairs to his wifr, ''Maggie, ye've never raado tho bed today !"
"My lord, my client admits that ho did wrong, but consider tho temptations of city Hfo, eir ; whoro thoy not too great?" said tho lawyer in conclusion. "It seems thoy were. We'll givo him ten yoirs in the connlry near Poitland," n turned Ijb lordship. " l.'o'll nit be exposed to teraplation thcro." An old lady who had bocn reading the liutllh officer's weekly ropoits thought that ' total' must bo an awful malignant disease, since as many die of it as all the rest put together. APuzzlo. — Sho : 1 fully bolievo in tho transmigration of tho soul and tho beatific consummation of tho nirvana. He: Aw — yaus — might I — or — ask what you do with it ?
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9541, 7 November 1892, Page 4
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174KIBBLING. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9541, 7 November 1892, Page 4
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