FREE FOR THE NONCK. They tell ki Nebraska of a cle-gy* - | man who in the pulpit w T a« a fearlocj expounder of rights and wTougv, hut who in the domestic circle maintained for prudential reasons it '■*- reserve of speech and action. < n one occasion when this divini vis'tsd a neighbouring town, the editor of the only paper published therein, which never failed to notice pre st nee of a stranger in town, offered the following, so worded as to prove unwittingly been : “ Doctor Carroll is once more among us for a brief stay. He saj« and does exactly as he thinks right, without regard to the opinions or be liefs of others. His wife is not with him.” A MORE IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT. Two Scotsmen met <uw! exchanged small tain of the hour. As they ft were parting to g« eupperwards, Sandy said to Joe. : “Jock, mon. Ul play ye a roond o’ sowff on th* links the morn.” •The morn?” sal & Jock, doubtfully. “ Aye ! the mom,” sa.Hi Sandy. “Weel, said Joci. “T'U play ye. But I had grtring mamot the morn." Interesting statistics oa the French sardine industry that there are 200 factories on th* coast engaged in canning the fVr. ; 14,000 women prepare the fish as they come from the nets, a nd 2,500 oiec are employed in canning them. The aver age annual production of tinned sardines is 20,00# tons. About 121 b. of tin is used on every lOt square yards of the sheet iron from which tb« tins are made. Two loaves of bread baked aiortyihree years ago in Germaay form t.-nj relic contained in a glaas case at the home of Joseph Hummel, a b*n*t*t«we man in the States. They ar*% reminders of the famine that aw*pt Germany in 1816 anh 1817. then sold for £l7 & mafaei. ‘fN* loaves were heirloom* is th-> Hnmw-. family, and fcuto ¥? Prnupwvw's hand* wk*o h« was fee « i home lo Vunastoag /mm H®.
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Northland Age, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 16 February 1912, Page 7
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