An English resident in Russia relates the following unhappy issue of an enterprise in whioh one of his friends engaged, upon falling heir to a fortune : My friend was a great gourmand and had a passion for shellfish, and this waa how he spent his legacy. I went to town one day, and Boon found out that the prinoe was in his usual impecunious oondition. " Where has your legacy gone to ?" I asked. " Why," he said, " you know that I am very fond of lobsters, and bating a river on my estate, I thought I would try and acclimatise that delicacy there; but, unfortunately, I have spent all the legacy without suooeeding. I quite forgot that the water was not salt 1"
Ethel : "Of contee, papa, I want to marry him ; but you'll have to give me op, poor dear, won't you ?" Papa : " Well, my dear, that's true ; but then we'll get rid of your young man, too, you ccc." "Eastas, yon are charged with stealing Mr. Brown's lawn-mower. Have you a lawyer ?" "No, sab, I didn't realise 'nuff on de sale ob dat mower, jedge, to high counsel."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1813, 18 July 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)
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