LEIGH.
The young woman who got the toothache from singing hymns has sworn off nte»"!n O i«« ?V lli ?*?*'£■ con^ersation lollies... The Colonel took to his stamps bravely the other day, and made runs all the way to grandma.. H has got 'one for his nob,' which has made him see cotal eclipses till farther orders. Nothing like leather, 'Arry, after the ball is over...The prayers o:ffered up that Sund when the /rait came down were very fervid. O went black in the face at it, and C hasn ? t finished singing • The Old Hundred ' yet. Her rising bnams glow on the much devoted V V and warm him ; bat a double eclipse has got to S2£L2£ n th l & g bod y of » a P a intervenes between V V and the small star of his latest adoration, for then V V will find himself warmed-up some other way, and become extinguished. .By kind permission of Captain K or some other public servant, meals on board the sfceamer are charged one colonial bob to the cifcy tripper, and half as much again to the old customer. Better change it about t'other ' way, Dy Kind permission of all on the coast Our local small boy, who always refuses to be respectful, gives away his ma thusly :— When my gay young step-mamma Is equipped to go ta-ta - To a fancy or a full dress ball fihe reminds me and papaOf the bird they call ka-ka— Bather bare, through moulting in the fall.
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Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 22
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251LEIGH. Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 22
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