KIBBLINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9651, 18 March 1893, Page 4

KIBBLINGS.

A ..tile nonsense now and then. Ia relished hj the wisest men.

The Groom—" I can't see that cheok your father plnoed muong the weddingpresents." The Bride — "PaDa is so absent-minded. He lit his cigar with it,"

Brown — "Say, Jonee, when you come ia late at night, don't yon always wake your wife ? ' Jones (promptly) — "Never." Brown (surprised J — "Jehosaphat 1 How do you manage it ?" Jones (with 0 siejb.")— " I don't have to." Ward Leader— " Billy, there's a new family moved into your precinct. Better see the man. We need overy vote, and maybe he's one oE our sort. Heeler — Nnw. He'll nover vote for nobody." 11 Why not ?" " ' Cause lie's perfossor of political science in a college. Them duokß never knows whon it's election day." Bnlfinoh — " How much is this thermometer ?" Clerk — ''3oventy firo cents." Bnlfinoh— " Why, I got ona just like it hero a couple of days ago for forty cents." Clerk — "What time in the day did you buy it ? ' Bulßbcli— " About eight o'clock in the morning." Clerk — " Ah, well, iL's twelve o'clock now ; thermometers are alwayß higher at noon."