MUtress—' That young man who opllefl to ■OO yon last night, Jane, stayed very late,' Jana—' It was ma brother, mum-' Mistress—- * But, Jane 11 have noticed atom than a dozen different men in your company within the past two rears, and each one, you laid, was your brother. ’ Jane— * Yes, mum ; poor folks alien have large families, mum.' An old milltonafro was once ash ' ho« he had acedlred, and mar* especially RLuIulJ, to much wealth. "In a very simple manner,” pa replied, “namsly, pretending to be rich When I was poor and poor when I was nah." '• Puff ” gets off the following, at the expense of Dunedin I—The whole population of Christahnreb, Wellington, and Auckland have left their butchers', bakers*, grocers’, and mill!nets' hills unpaid, and spent their last quarter's salary in Donedio I Ar Charles Russell's prestige has bsen eniUaoed to attoh a degree by. th* skill ha has displayed before the Parnell Oommistfoners that the number of hie briefs threatens |0 NttM
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 399, 4 January 1890, Page 3
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165Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 399, 4 January 1890, Page 3
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