1 FPOT CTJTTINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)

FUNNY CUTTINGS.

• Always,' said the astate ciij .editor . to (lie new reporter—' always be on the .lookout for any little tonch of A humor ! that may brighten up onr columns. Tbat evening the now reporter turned _ vn a story about a. burglary in a butcher shop which commenced : . _ • • Mr Hiram CJleater, the well-known butcher, is losing flesh rapidly, these days. '-„ . . Mrs ffaoskAt. — Bridget, what do> yoa mean by all that disturbance down in the kitchen? • ' • Bridget— Shqre, it ain't me; mum, it*s Mias Ethel, Mrs H< — Ob, ; hasshe gc|t back from the cooking school ? -, ' 'v. Bridget — Yes, mum, and she^s gefc--, tin* 'ready to thry"awfrbile«n mam., Mrs Crosaippe — How does it com* Mrs Swagger came to ask you" to heir party. I thought you were enemies ? Mrs Snappem— We are ; but she thought I had nothing to wear and wanted to make me feel bai. ' Didn't I hear that young Bpooner kls3mg you on the porch last night V asked her mother. ' Certainly not,' was the reply* 4 Are you sure.' c Positive.' Then as she 6aw the ordeal was over, she added to herself with a sigh - of relief : ' It was on the lips.' r Patrick — It's rpoor advice ye've been giving me. Didn't ye tell me tbe best toinie to ask a man a favour was after :~: ~ dinner. ' : Bifkins — I certainly did. ' Well, Oi went to ould Buffers wid ; the schmallest kotnd of 4 request, ' ani'^ he refu-ed. And it was after dinner, too. , - • you safe he had bad his diu^ oeri ' ' Pat^, and it's little Oi know about, ould Buffer's ingOin's and oatgoiu's, bnfc Oi'd liad moine. • Mr (ioops — Wasn't there some kind of a bitch aboat the wedding .of Mr Spoonleigh and Miss Mooney ? Mr Whoop — No, the 'groom did not show up so there wasn't- any hitch at all. . " r< . 'Yes, the new girl helped as remember our crystal wedding anniversary. 1 In what way. 1 She broke seven tumblers and a cut glass berry dish. Farmers and cattle raisers in the States have for a loag time discussed the advisability of depriving the animals of their horns. It is said thai the horns of cattle are of no use whatever to the animals in a domestic state. In a wild state, when cattle are exposed to attack from destructive beast?, the boras are useful as weapons of defense, but in tame herds they are simply a means ot harm when a vicious animal gets on the rampage. It is maintained by the advocates of dehorning tbst thousands of cattle are killed or maimed every year by vicioua members of the herds that would be saved if the horns of the beasts were removed. In addition to this great loss of . stock, many human beings are killed by being 'gored to death by infuriated cattle. It is ; said that depriving cattle of their horns improves their dispositions, and renders \ them more valuable for every purpose..