A DRY JOKE

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13983, 14 August 1909, Page 6

A DRY JOKE

J An English labourer in Cheshire at- ■ tempting to drown himself, an Irish reaper, who saw him go into the water jumped after him and brought him ashore. The fellow making a aecond , attempt, the reaper again saved him. But the labourer, determined to do away with himself, watched his opportunity and hanged himself behind the barn "door. The reaper, who saw him, never offered to interfere or cut him down. When challenged for this afterwards by the farmer, he answered— "I took him out of the water twice, and, knowing he was wet, I thought he hung himself up to dry."

A bright young Kaffir, just for fun, Sneezed down the barrel of a gun ; And just to sco how things would go, He pressed the- trigger with his toe. A basketful of his remains Was gathered from adjacent plains ; And now his tribe, you may be sure, When they have colds use Woods' Peppermint Cure. '21