All eminent judge, when a junior at tlio bar, in referring to some questionable proceedings, observed. ** Now, gentlemen of the jury, the unfortunate defendant has been amusing himself by Hying kites.” “ Doing what ? ” interrupted the judge. “ Flying kites, my lord ; putting his name to accom-modation-bills.” “ Why are they called kites?” inquired the judge. “Why, my lord, as in the case of the schoolboys’ kites, there is a connection between the kite and the wiud : only, there the wind raises the kite, and here the kite raises the wind.” How to Gkt Sick. —Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums ami imitations advertised, and then you will want to know How to Gi-:t Well. —which is answered in three words Take American Co’s Hop Bitters ! Read.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 781, 26 May 1885, Page 2
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142Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Waipawa Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 781, 26 May 1885, Page 2
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