ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

Solicitor : ' And lam sure you will find, madam, that this is the best course to adopt in the event of your friendly letter failing to produce the effect we clesire.' Client : ' Yes, I see, Mr. Jones. If I cannot get what I want by fair means, I must put the matter unreservedly into your hands.'

Down in Maine is a town called Burnham, situated on a small branch railroad that joins the main line at Burnham Junction. One day as the train approached the latter place the brakeman entered the car and in his usual stentorian tones went through his regular rigmarole when a station and junction are "reached. 'Burnham Junction!' he shouted. ' Burnham Junction ! Change cars for Burnham! Leave no articles in the car! Burn' am, Burn'am V