A Special Mercy.— Agitated Mistress (to her servaDt, who bas upset the tray) : 'Oh Bridget! what have you done!'— Bridget : ' Och ma'am, thin, be aisy. The saints bo praised, I haven't hurt meself.' A reporter thus graphically describee the effect of a storm in the North Sea :— ' While the storm was at its height the vessel heeled to the larboard, and the captain and another cask. of whisky rolled overboard,' When is a baby a four footed animal ? When it is a little dear (deer(. Dugald Dalgetty.— Captain Drake is supposed to bo the original of Captain Dalgetty in the 'Legion of Montrose.' The man gave rise to a pleasant mot by Baron Anderson. He and Lord Compbell were differing at a dinner party about its pronounciation— the latter saying Dalgetty. It was settled by Baron Anderson remarking, ' I thought that you Scotsmen always laid the emphasis on (jet.' In the White Wine Way. — Why is sherry so good for a cold ?— Because it's a Spanish liquor.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3233, 23 June 1871, Page 3
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3233, 23 June 1871, Page 3
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