JOTTINGS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIII, 31 March 1894, Page 312

JOTTINGS.

• I am soul proprietor,’ as the devil said to the bad young man who died. • Misfortunes seldom come singly,’as the desperate father cried when he was told that his wife had presented him with twins. • Men must work and women must weep,’ as the wifebeater said when he left off walloping to wipe his moist brow. ‘Two heads are better than one,’ as Uncle John remarked when he surprised his two nephews making him an apple-pie bed, and knocked their two crania together. ‘ Editor’s box,’ as the conductor of the Society Slasher ejaculated when he knocked the wind out of the gentleman who came to thrash him. ‘ Only believe half what you see,’ as the drunken gentleman said. ‘ Great Scott, how he’s ’altered !’ as the coal-heaver cried when he saw his bosom friend on the gallows. ‘ Brevity is the soul of wit,’ as the Editor of The Weekly Wag explained when that Funny Paper for Funny Men bade adieu to the public six weeks after its birth. • I’m quite the cheese,’ to use the words of the mite.