Three young gentlemen from New York who were travelling in a Southern railwny-ca r and had made tho acquaintance of the con, ductor, stopped him as ho was passing through the car, the brakeman having just sung out " O-pe-li-ka !" Not a house was visible among tho pines except a rambling shed called an " ratin* saloon." " Hold on, conductor," said one of the youths ; " come back, we want to ask you something." " Ouj; with it," replied the official. "lam in a hurry." " What is the size of this place, conductor ?" said one of the three gravely. " It's about as big as New York" was the ready answer, " but it isn't built up yet." A member of t!ie Vermont Legislature,' replying to a very frothy and ignorant orator on the other side, said " Mr. Speaker, I can't reply to that 'ere speech, for it always wrenches me terribly to kick at nothing."
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 162, 16 July 1870, Page 2
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