" It's well enough for you to name your boy Elias," sai 1 aunt epvdbah ; ' but for gracious goodness' sake don't name him Alias, 'cause the Al ases is always a-cuttiu' up bad. H ere'o Alius Jones, Ali s Hrown. Alias 'rhompson Alias one-eyed Jack, all been took up for robbin' an' s ealin'. A French Sportsman. — Keeper : " Why didn't you, tire the o her barrel, m'seer the other barrej. at the last bird?" Monsieur Alphonso : " Bah ! I did fire ze odher barr 1 I do fire bodt barrels t gezzer ! nd in my own country I do shoot ze lark at twenty, twenty -five, and sometimes dir y yards -when he sta d q dte still ! Your dogs- zey make ze birds to fly away"— (insinuatingly)— "and vey must be fatigued. H ere is money. Take zem and buy zem sometings to eat ! Leave me to make my own dogs myself I" — ' Punch.'
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Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 827, 11 August 1876, Page 3
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153Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 827, 11 August 1876, Page 3
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