ODDS AND ENDS
Somebody of a psychological ' turn of mind as 1 ed J Lord Rosebery, ' What is memory ?' ♦ Memory,' replied Lord Rosebery, promptly, but somewhat pensively, ' memory is tlu feeling that steals' over us when we listen to our friends original stories.' ' Such an 'amendment,' said Senator Tillman, during a debate in the United States Senate, ' would de- " stroy the meanling, as the meaning of the .epitaph on old John Sk inn's tombstone was destroyed. The amend -nent that was tacked on John's epitaph consisted of one word :—: — ' friend.' It was put on in the dead of night. The epta;h before that read— 'He did his best.' ' Dorothy was visiting her grandparents in the country for the first time. Seeing a .quantity of feathers scattered about the henyard she shook her head in disapproval. ' Grandpa,' she told ,him gravely, ' you J really ought to do something to keep your fowls ,fi*om wearing out so.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 27 February 1908, Page 38
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155ODDS AND ENDS New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 27 February 1908, Page 38
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