WLg- wag at an hotel recently ordered eleven for his own exclusive use, because he had been eleven nights without decent sleep, and wanted to make up the loss. St" Mr Timothy," said a learned lady, who era been showing off her wit at the expense of a dangler, " you remind me of a barometer that is filled with nothing in the upper story." " Divine Alrnira," meekly replied her adorer. " in thanking you for the compliment, let me I remind you that you occupy my upper story | exclusively." The fair daughters of England : may they add virtue to beauty, subtract envy from friendship, multiply amiable accomplishments by sweetness of temper, divide time by sociality and economy, and reduce scandal to its lowest denomination by a modest Christian deportment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 292, 21 April 1869, Page 3
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