" Am I not a little pale?" inquired a lady who was short and corpulent, of a crusty old bachelor. " Youjlookmore like a big tub I" was the blunt reply. When is soup likely to run out of the saucepan? — When there's a leek in it.
The lady whose Bleep was broken has had it mended.
" I say Jim," said one friend to another, on meeting each other, " I hoar that our friend A. has been in the oil speculation, lately ; has he made anything P" " Oh, yes," said Jim, " he has made an assignment"
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2604, 30 November 1867, Page 6
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94Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2604, 30 November 1867, Page 6
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