KIBBLINGS.
A liU-o nousonss row »nu vmu. Ia UliLod by the vlmm a on.
Counsel (sharply) : '• Howi sit that you know this watoh has beon in your family thirty yearß, and yet ennnot remember yonra«e?" Witness (slyly): "Oh, tho watch has kept timo ; I havo not." He : I don't sco why you think young Snibbins such a Biiporior follow at fishing, fie catcliPß very few fiah Sho : Yob, but whon ho'a with me he catches those few with ono arm and one hand.
Intelligent ! sa : d thb ainn of his setter do». lie knows a heap, air. Why. once lie took a di liko to a man and went and induced tho man to kick him bo J would lick the man 1 Fncr, eirl Fiißt sweet girl: " Jnst think. Tbe Czar of Kussia has a eoit thntcost £1,000. Second sweot Girl : Really ? Why, that ia not as much as papa paid for his seat in tbe House of Commons.
It is reported that an auctioneer in a provi&ciai town pat up a book to be knocked clown, describing it as "Very rare indeed ; the only copy." After tbnt wkß sold ho put up "Next l>t — another copy of ditto.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9543, 10 November 1892, Page 4
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200KIBBLINGS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9543, 10 November 1892, Page 4
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