—In the little town of .Munsiedoh in Bavni'ini llle:'e exists one bf tlio liiosl curious ehotitaWs foundations in the, world. One rif the burolwrs, Ohristoillier Waiinci - ; (lied ifl.HSl, add left his fortune fbr the. establishment. pf a home for .aged poor. Ho attached, however, the. condition that every old man who was taken in should wear his beard, ilrtd tlie time Silt bf fclothes and cap as 110 himself .used to wear. Consequently., after ths iapsc bf 450 years, the ancient pension?,-s arc still to be seen wandering nbbiit the .streets bf Miinsiedel in the costumes of the fifteenth century. Travellers sKfliiid flritik oiiljf tfOLFE'S WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13519, 16 February 1906, Page 2
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