Boulanger and the Mushrooms.
A French correspondent tells the follow* ing story of General Boulanger :—' One day, when he was in command in Africa, his cook camo to tell him that mushrooms* which seemed eatable, had been found in the neighbourhood. " Shall I put them in an omelebte for you ?" asked the chef. m« General hesitated for a moment, and then, as if by a sudden inspiration of generosityr said, " No ; use bhem for the men, the poor fellows will enioy them." In the evening he sent for tho chief medical officer. nobody sick, doctor ?" he inquired. ' Jiot » man," answered bhe surgeon. Ihe benerai then sent for his cook. " Those mushrooms seem to bo good." he said, yo« may put some of them into a fncasse lot my dinner." It was not because hetea red that the water might be poisonous thab bit Philip Sidney, as he lay dying, V™ ntQ *™ x a wounded soldier, and, motioning aw&y the proffered cup, said, "His necessity »■ greater than mine !" '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 32, 7 February 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)
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