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... CHAT. BLEND. A horse owner was trying to sell a . .wind-boroken horse and was trotting him ,around ior inspection The owner stroked the horse's back and remarked 0 the prospective buyer:— Hasn't he a lovely coat? But the other noticed that the horse ...

CHU-CHAT

... question, aud the tutlay of a shilling or two at home saves a great amount of heart-burn abroad. It is quite wonderful to think how the little wurries over such matters can spoil a day's enjoyment. A small butde 01 glycetine too is a comfort ...

CHIT-CHAT

... majority, the people of East London owe a debt o. t ratitude whieh they never can repay _ whose idea we owe the American Exhibition It is impossible to say, but of a truth our Yftnk e cou:Ans hay.- aff .rded us a very novel and pre:ty pia% gr,und. As yet ...

COUNTRYSIDE CHAT

... COUNTRYSIDE CHAT. THE SCANDALISED DAME. It was a great local paperchasing match, and after the hounds had gone about three miles the trail utterly failed, and they were searching everywhere for the scant. As a woman's head peeped over a cottage hedge in ...

COUNTRYSIDE CHAT

... COUNTRYSIDE CHAT. SLOTHFUL GENIUS. Among the guests at a small seaside hotel was a lady from the rural districts. The landlord noticed that every night she name downstairs and got a pitcher of water. One night he spoke to her, and asked her why she did ...

CHIT-CHAT

... delights of a trip to Windsor. St. George's Cha-el however is beyond praise —whole volumes might be written on its beauty—the very tombs are sufficient to arouse all the romance in the spirit of a student of history. Alter a visit to this gem of a church the ...

COUNTRYSIDE CHAT

... COUNTRYSIDE CHAT. AN IRISH SURVEY. A journalist was touring in Ireland. You :ee thim mountains,' said the -.lriver of the jaunting-car Yes. Thim's the highest mountains in the wurruld. Is that so? asked the surprised visitor. It i‘, aAsuied ...

CHIT-CHAT

... white straw, trimmed with a perfect foam of soft tulle, and a cluster of mingled pink and white 11 ra Her bonnet strings were green velvet, a shade darker than her dress. She used a white lace sunshade. The Princess Louise were a dress of ...

COUNTRYSIDE CHAT

... COUNTRYSIDE CHAT. WHAT'S IN A LETTER?. A citizen of one of the Western American states was found hunting for the editor of the local paper with a shotun in his hand. One of his friends asked him what tha editor had done to him, and he said — 1 sent him ...

CHIT-CHAT

... and any entertainment which involves a in the cool of the evening, and a return when night Its spread out her retreehing dews over the lace of the thirsty land is hailed as a boon and a b'essing ; but when in place oh a quiet stroll under ...

COUNTRYSIDE CHAT

... COUNTRYSIDE CHAT. HE HAD SEEN TWO. Two dilapidated specimens of the genus tramp were crawling along the parade of a seaside resort when they came upon a coastguardsman looking through a telescope at a passing vessel. Thinking to have ...