Varieties.
A comic paper has been started in Utah with the astonishing- title of Keepapitchinin (keep a-pitching in). Its name is indicative of its nature, whioh any fellow can understand. A tailor's apprentice, who seemed to be pained a good deal by the cross-leg attitude, was asked how he liked tailoring ; to which he replied, " Very well ; but I believe I shall never be able to stand sitting. a/ An epitaph on a husband and wife in a country church concludes with a holy quotation meant to be polite, but which may certainly be construed in two ways. It is the following : — " Their warfare is accomplished," • ■.--•* Isabel: "But, grandma', dear, she's not a bit pretty, looks very stupid, and hasn't a shilling. What can he be geing to marry her for ?"— Grandma' : "Well, my dear, you will think it one of my old-fashioned notions —but perhaps it is for love." A prisoner when called upon by the magistrate for his defence, said, " I've' engaged a lawyer for to-morrow, and I hope your worship will* be so good as to put the case off till he comes." "Why, what can your Z lawyer say about it ?" ''That's just what I want to know, your worship," said the prisoner.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 683, 1 August 1870, Page 3
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207Varieties. Star (Christchurch), Issue 683, 1 August 1870, Page 3
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