BULLS WITHOUT LEGS.
Recently in England a prize was offered for the best ‘ bull ’ made of laughter-provoking words, and we publish a selection from those submitted.
Extract from a speech made at a meeting to promote total abstinence ; ‘ The glorious work will never be accomplished until the good ship ‘ Temperance ’ shall sail from one end of the laud to the other, and with a cry of ‘Victory!’ at each step she takes, shall plant her banner in every city, town, and village in the United Kingdom.’ ‘ We pursue the shadow, the bubble bursts, and leaves the ashes in our hands !*
An orator at one of the university unions bore off the palm when he declared that ‘ the British lion, whether it is roaming the deserts of India, or climbing the forests of Canada, will not draw in its horns nor retire into its shell.’
A certain politician, lately condemning the government for its policy concerning the income tax, is reported to have said: ‘They’ll keep cutting the wool off the sheep that lays the golden eggs until they pump it dry.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue II, 11 July 1896, Page 63
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181BULLS WITHOUT LEGS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue II, 11 July 1896, Page 63
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