There ought to be some limit to the si» of the portmanteaus which people pet into the racks of railway compartments. Only the other day a lady on one of the southorn lines was watching with horror the prooess of patting a huge leather box directly over her heart. “ Oh, sir, what if it should fall ?” she trembling exclaimed to the owner. “ All right, madam,” was the reply, “ doe’t you bother about the portinanteaa; there is nothing in it that will break.” Host: “Michael, didn’t I tell you to decant the best claret ? H Michael : “ Y<> a did, sorr.” Host : “ But this isn’t the best.” Michael : “ No, sorr ; but it’* tbe best you’ve got.”
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XII, Issue 2314, 27 July 1889, Page 2
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