Inverell Times in Inverell, New South Wales

Odd Dialog Fragments from a 19th Century Paper

A garbled collage of overheard exchanges features a boastful suitor, a flirtatious tailor, a misquoted doctor, and a witty mother exchange. Bits show a wedding anniversary toast, a church remark, and a teacher hoping for cheerful holidays. The piece reads like a miscellany of clipped, comic vignettes with incomplete lines and stray phrases.