' It is no longer the pet lamb of Miraraai 1 : it is now mutton. Between the period of its innocence and the kniie it had degenerated into a black sheep, with the murkiest of characters. From wandering round the Miramar hills and valleys, the pet of the youthful population, browsing contentedly and legitimately on the open grabs, it had become branded as a nuisance and a trespasser. 'Die ranger of the Miramar Borough district was its accuser and its executioner. Bad habits, cultivated or hereditary", led the woolly animal into front gardens, where succulent and prized growths were nipped off — during the deepest hours of the night. When the family j linen, hung overnight, displayed in the morning evidences of teeth marks picked out with a green stain, dark suspicion rested on the discoloured sheep, and suspicion developed, as time fled, into straight-out accusation. Then, instead of kind words, happened anathema, and the gentle beast was stroked with brickbats and palings instead of with soft hands. One councillor, at last night's : meeting of the Borough Council, admitted that he had j cast a brick at the degenerate on Sunday last, despite its in memoriam notice remitted by the ranger. However, the council breathed freely on hearing that the ravager was now beyond all mischief. Become strong by taking Phosphol Emulsion. The surest cure for all chest complaints. Its health giving properties are superior to all other emulsions, and it is most palatable. — Advt. Winter has come; bo boa Phosphol Emulsion It builds bone and flesh. Invalids can take it and children like it. An infallible remedy for lung troublos. A ujro ouig for chest complaints. — Advt. If you suffer from coughs, colds, bronchitis, or other chest complaints, tho quickest «/id moat certain cure is Phosphol Emulsion. It never fails. From all chemists and stores. — Advt. For weak lungs and general debility there is nothing to equal Phosphol Emulsion. Its health-giving properties arc superior to all otner emulsions, and it h most palatable.— Adv&
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1909, Page 2
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