"How many children have I?" asked a woman of a spirit-rapper. " Four." " And how many have I?" asked her husband. " Two," was the astonishing reply. Mistake somewhere. A New York poet has found a new rhyme for " bosom." Her old bards were mainly limited to " blossom." which wasn't quite the thing either. But the Gothamite sings of Attila, and tells us how slumber subdues him on somebody's bosom, which is tolerable rhyme, and not a bad situation. Emma : "Ah 1 the ohignon is now at the poll of the head. One of these days the chignon will be at the head of the poll." Edwin: "J cannot say. I hope I shall not live to see it ; but if I do, a most preposterous fashion will have laßted a great many years." Emma : " Oh, you disagreeable creature I" Why is hanging at the Royal Academy like kissing ? Because it goes by favour. Who first introduced salt provisions into the navy ? Noah, for he took a Ham with him on board the ark. What is the difference been a farmer and a seamstress ? The farmer gathers what he sows, and the seamstress sews what she gathers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 720, 13 September 1870, Page 3
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195Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 720, 13 September 1870, Page 3
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