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  2. Something Laughable. THE LIMIT.

    McTavish: "What's this, stewed fruit?" His wife: "Ay, dinna ye like it?" "Indeed, I doo; but wha' ha' ye done with the rice we left yesterday?" ...

    Article : 31 words
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    Advertising : 49 words
  4. A GOOD IDEA.

    Bill (to his pal Jim, standing outside a labour exchange): "I think they ought to sell beer liKe they do bananas." Jim: "How could they do that?" ...

    Article : 39 words
  5. HIS ADDRESS.

    A certain gentleman was invited 10 speak at a local gathering, and being nobody in particular, was placed last on the list of speakers. The audience was ...

    Article : 62 words
  6. GROWN-UPS.

    The mother entered the nursery, and with surprise said: "Why, children, why do you sit about looking so solemn and unhappy? Why not play a game of some ...

    Article : 49 words
  7. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    Rose: Isn't this a horrible photo of me? May: Yes, but a very good likeness. Tommy: Dad, what's a Scotch mist? Father: When a man asks you to have a drink and ...

    Article : 608 words
  8. A VERY "DEAD" LANGUAGE.

    Ignorance is never shown more effectually than in an attempt to conceal it. A countryman, wandering about a cemetery, came upon a stone which bore this ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. A SCOTSMAN'S ANXIETY.

    The ferryboat was well on her way when a violent storm arose. The ferryman and his mate, both Highlanders, held a consultation, and after a short debate ...

    Article : 57 words
  10. SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

    When the curate, who was a bachelor, had been helped to Mrs. Brown's cheesecakes for the third time, he looked across the table at little Rhoda, staring at him ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. SPRING FASHIONS.

    A countryman went to a shop, and after wandering round for some time he went up to one of the assistants. "I want a mattress, if yer please!" he ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. NO LONGER INELIGIBLE.

    "You objected to Jack because he had to work for a living—didn't you, namma?" "Yes, my' dear. He daesn't belong to ...

    Article : 53 words
  13. PLAY FAIR!

    A little-girl was watching some men relaying a mosaic floor, and a very fascinating game it seemed to her. After two or three minutes one of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.

    Commenting on his recent visit to the central district, the Director of Agriculture (Mr. H. C. Quodling) stated on Dec, 21 that since the completion of the railway ...

    Article : 484 words
  15. NONE OF THAT.

    Just recently a girl was married to a man whose name happened to be Nunn. On hearing of the wedding a friend remarked to the bridegroom:— ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. MATERIALISTIC, SURELY.

    The passengers on the pleasure steamer having just finished a really good dinner, were enjoying the beauties of the wonderful Highland scenery. ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. FAR TOO DARK.

    Two Irishmen were being shown round a colliery for the first time. When they saw the coal coming up the shaft from the pit, Mike remarked to his companion, ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. HIGHLANDS SETTLEMENT.

    In further refutation of complaints regarding the alliged unsympathetic treatment of settlers on the Highlands soldiers' settlement, the Minister for Lands ...

    Article : 574 words
  19. BOTH OLD-FASHIONED.

    An old physician of the last generation was noted for his brusque manner and old-fashioned methods. On one occasion a lady called him in to treat her baby, ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. A GOOD ECHO.

    A tourist was travelling in a mountainous district of Perthshire. "There's a wonderful echo just about here," said the guide. "Now, shout as loud as you can, ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. SOLDIER SETTLERS.'

    STANTHORPE AND THE HIGHLANDS Major Costello, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Lands (Hon. J. H. Coyne), yesterday, and presented the following ...

    Article : 557 words
  22. NOT A TEA-CADDIE.

    A young grocer with social aspirations joined an exclusive golf club, and was enrolled as "Horatio Dash-Blank, Esq., tea merchant." ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. VARIOUS MIXTURES.

    Two men stood at a street corner watching a well dressed foreigner go stumbling past. "That chap," observed one, "is something ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. A DANGEROUS QUESTION.

    The scene was a classroom, and the lesson was history. "Who discovered America?' asked the teacher. ...

    Article : 101 words
  25. A CAPITAL JOKE.

    He was not what one might call a polished gentleman, but he took a great interest in the local school, and sometimes dropped in to put a few questions ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. ALL ALIKR.

    Old John and his wife were very deaf, and consequently the vicar's wife, had great difficulty in explaining to them about her husband's tour abroad. ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. "ONLY A LEEDLE FARTHER!"

    He was obviously of the chosen race, and he boarded a tramcar with a sackful of something which he planked down on the conductor's platform. He took a ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. MR. JOWETT'S MISSION.

    Mr. Edmund Jowett, Country party member for the Grampians, Victoria, in the Federal Parliament, is at present visiting Toowoomba, and leaves by the ...

    Article : 496 words
  29. THEN-AND NOW.

    The party had just sat down to supper, when the conversation turned on courting. Someone turned to granddad, and asked him to give his opinion upon the ...

    Article : 104 words
  30. WATCH THEM HUSTLING ALONG.

    One or two stories have been told of hustling American tourists "seeing the world." Here's another. A tourist dashed up to the British ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. PREFERRED THE FRYING-PAN.

    There is a funny side even about a poor slum child's ignorance of the country beauties and joys. A philanthropist one summer day say ...

    Article : 105 words
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