After a telegraph pole had fallen on a Savanna negro's head he threw np his hands and shouted, " Don't hit me again wid your club, Mr Policeman.. It wasn't me dat stole yer chickens. It was Deacon Henry." Then he looked, saw what hit him and waled off saying, " Goilv, I'sein luck 'dis morning. I' xpected dat de policeman had me shuah dat time. An adroit Yankee thief, who abstracted an ostentatiously displayed cheque for a thousand dollars from the gifts of a Chicago weddiug the other day, only to find the old man's balance m the bank was three dollars and fifty cents, thinks there is no chance for honest industry m that city.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 964, 1 December 1879, Page 2
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