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  2. THE MOST AMUSING THING EVER HEARD, OR SEEN, OR READ, OR DREAMT!

    Well, the "Arrow" wants it. Write it out or cut it out, but take care that any clipping is pasted or gummed to paper—not pinned—otherwise contributors' ...

    Article : 273 words
  3. THE SCOTCHMAN WHO SAW A [?]

    An Englishman and a Scotchman [?] were on a walking tour together [?] afternoon upon a finger-post [?] following words: ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. "A POSER."

    Tommy and his mother were out walking, when a clergyman who was [?]sing bowed to her. "Who is that man wot just bowed to ...

    Article : 77 words
  5. BOUND TO MEET THERE.

    Teacher: "If A and B were running a road race of 10 miles at the rate of 7 and 8 miles per hour respectively, at what distance from the starting point would one ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. ACCORDING TO THE TEXT.

    A tired-looking man applied to a country clergyman for work. He was sent to dig potatoes. At the end of two hours the minister went out to see how the work ...

    Article : 200 words
  7. THE SPALPEEN.

    The Stipendiary: "You plead an alibi; but the prosecutor swears that he recognises you as the man who broke into his house. What have you to say?" ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. THE IRISHMAN AGAIN.

    Two Irishmen set out to walk [?] fast to a township ten miles [?] had travelled half the journey [?] declared he was "toired." ...

    Article : 69 words
  9. "AT A PINCH."

    Before beginning the second Psalm for the day, a Glasgow minister reached down into his pocket and took a pinch of snuff. Even yet he cannot understand what there ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. A LIMERICK.

    A tooter once tooted a flute, And tutored two tooters to [?] Said the two to the tutor: "Is it easier to toot, ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. MORE YET.

    A boy got his grandfather's gun and loaded it, but was afraid to fire. He, however, liked the fun of loading, and so put in another charge, but still afraid to fire. ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. [?]LL MARRY YOU THIS TIME.

    Last Christmas Day the minister of a church in a country town had been kept busy the whole of the morning, owing to the large numbers of weddings. ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. A RIPPING DREAM.

    When my uncle first started in business as a general merchant in a country town it was in partnership with a young fellow of about his own age. ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. REALISTIC.

    A farmer went into a pho[?] "to hear one of them there [?] left his horses standing out in [?] selection happened to be a full [?] ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. PHONETIC COMPREHENSION.

    A certain maiden lady, Miss Cocker by name, and her niece, who here the same cognomen went one evening to a reception at the house of a friend. ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. MORE THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR.

    An old lady who had two sons very much alike was told by a neighbor that one was in the habit of taking the housemaid out of an evening, but as they were so much ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. STORIES OF THE SILKS AND SATINS-

    It is only by taking stock of the past that we can justly estimate the present, and calculate the future. This applies to all things, and leads me to fear that this old ...

    Article : 2,325 words
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