MISCELLANEOUS.
An Hibernian Bostonian journalist proclaims that "the inferior stratum of politics .is composed of the scum of all parties." In most parts of the world the scum rises to the top. The Melbourne correspondent of the ' Ballarat Star' Btates that the Mayor of Melbourne is willing to" allow Blondin to cany him across the rope" conditionally that the proceeds' of the exhibition be given to the Melbourne charitieß." "Which of the Fiji Islands are you from ?" asked a" visitor of one of Barnum's cannibals the other day. _.:":T}ppernry, bedad!" was the reply of the'ravenoup arithropophagitt
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 310, 6 February 1875, Page 2
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96MISCELLANEOUS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 310, 6 February 1875, Page 2
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