Best Man. “’Ow much?”
Parson. “Well, the law allows me seven-and-sixpence.”
Best Man. “Then ’ere’s ’arf-a-crahn. That makes it up to ’arf-a-quid.”
“Wanted Situation by respectable middle-aged Girl; working housekeeper, can cook, bake; would not object to milk one cow (Protestant).”—Ulster Paper.
As distinct from a Papal Bull.
Singular Coincidence.
“Having successfully towed the disabled American steamer Tashmoo 1,200 miles, the Fort Stephens, a Cunard steamer, arrived at Queenstown on Saturday.”—Daily Paper.