TRY TO SMILE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 29, 16 July 1892, Page 726

TRY TO SMILE.

Do dogs reason ! Possibly not, bnt we’ve observed a dog, on seeing a boy with an old kettle, examining his pockets as if for a piece of cord, take a deep interest in something about a mile away. • You are behind the Times,’ as the Wellington man in the reading-room said to the selfish party who had kept the paper all the morning.* about it. Teacher s ‘Now, Johnny, since I have told yon about the Crusades, perhaps you can tell me what a pilgrim was ! * Johnny: ‘A holy sun-downer. Mrs O’Brien— * Good marnin’, Mrs McCabe. An* phwat makes yez look so sad T* Mrs McCabe—‘Shore Dennis was sint to Mt Eden for six months.* Mrs O’Brien—‘Well 1 Shore, don’t worry. Six months will soon pass.* Mrs McCabe—‘Shore, that’s phwat worries me.* •Now,* said the physician, ‘you will have to eat plain food and not stay out late at night.* • Yes,’replied the patient; • that is what I have been thinking ever since yon sent in your bilk’ • * Husband (irascibly): •We don’t need that ran any more than a cat needs two tails. How often have! told you, my dear, not to buy anything because it is cheap ! * Wife (with the air of one who has got the better of the argument): *lt wasn’t cheap, my love/