The Übiquitous Nation.—The following 'story was told about the Turkish troubles just before the outbreak of the Crimean war. A Eussian G-eneral arrived at Constantinople to have an interview with a Turkish Pasha. Entering the presence, he found the pasha seated on a divan, arrayed in the habit of a Turk; but the two had no sooner cast eyes upon each other than the following dialogue ensued Russian G-eneral: What, is that you, Sandy Macpherson? Turkish. Pasha: Eh, Jock Macdonald ; who'd hae thocht o' meeting you her© ?
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 32, 10 September 1869, Page 3
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87Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 32, 10 September 1869, Page 3
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