TRUTHFUL. The son of the house had been sent to boiTow a gardening tool from a neighbor. “Daddy says will you lend him your fork?” the child asked. “But haven’t you forgotten something?” reproved the neighbor, who was rather strict about manners. The little boy looked puzzled for a moment. Then remembered. “Oh yes,” he replied. “Daddy said: ‘lf the old miser refuses, try Mr Junes.’ ” NOTHING TO SMILE AT. A Londoner was telling funny,; stories to a party of commercial men. An old Scotsman sitting in a corner seat apparently took not the smallest notice, and no matter how loud the laughter was went on quietly reading the evening paper. This exasperated the story-teller, until at last he said: I think it would take an inch auger to put a joke into a Scotsman's head. A voice from behind the paper replied : Ay, mon, it wicl need tae hae a finer point than ony o’ yer stories, a'iu thinking!
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXII, Issue 96, 31 July 1935, Page 4
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