The following occurred in a smallpoultry shop kept by the widow of the deceased merchant. “I should like to see a nice fat goose,” said a customer entering t; e shop. “Yes, sir,” replied the boy, “mother will be down directly.” A traveller in Scotland had left his wrap in a railway carriage. The guard, opening the door of one ot the carriages, inquired: “Is there a black mackintosh here?” “No,” answered one of the big Highlanders inside, “there is no black mackintosh; hut there are six red Maegregors.” Small: “I have discovered a great labor-saving device.” Tall: “I always said you were a genius. • "What is it?” Small: “I am going to marry ...ass Bullion, the heiress.” Grevhead: “Scientists say that this em-tli was formed by volcanic action. Did you ever reflect that this very city was once in the grasp of earthquakes?” Jacques: “Earthquakes? Perhaps that’s what created the ground louts,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3715, 28 December 1912, Page 10
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153Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3715, 28 December 1912, Page 10
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