MISCELLANEOUS.
The Now York News says: — "It doesn't look well for a husband to get drunk on his wedding night." Nobody will be disposed to dispute this statement ; but will the News please state on what occasions, in its judgment, it does look well in a man to get drunk. When the Old Testament is revised and modernised, it will pi-obably state that Adam, after eating the apple, received word that his resignation would be accepted. ' Mrs Sage, I should like to know whose ferry boats these are I tumbled over in the hall V f Fe'Ty boats, indeed sir ? Those are my shoes. Very polite of you to call them ferry boats, ' * I didn't say ferry i»oats, Mrs Sage ; you misunderstood me — fairy boots, I said my dear friend." Wife : " My dear, do you not think Johnny has a wonderful genius for drawing !" Husband ;"I do indeed.' Wife: "Perfectly remarkabla It seems tome we shouldbe guilty of wilfully flying in the face of Providence if we did not recognise the fact in selecting a professsion for him. Mr. Virgil Williams, the picture maker, assures me that all Johnny needs is instruction." Husband : Just my idea and I mean to apprentice him to a corner grocery for instruction, in drawing molasses.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1087, 15 May 1882, Page 2
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211MISCELLANEOUS. Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1087, 15 May 1882, Page 2
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