AN ACRE KEEPS SIX PERSONS
Mr George Allen, the vegetarian pedestrian, is a great believer in the restoration of the people to the land. He has cultivated two acres of thin, stony soil, 800ft above sea level, at Whiteway, in Gloucestershire, for 3A years. He is now convinced that he and his household of six persons could obtain food, shelter, and clothing from one [acre only.
The Humane Dentist : "And will you I have gas, madam?" The Captious Patient : "Well, you don't suppose I'm go. ing to let you tinker about in the dark, do you?"— The Sketch. The Chinese are still hopelessly oldfashioned. According to a Japanese contemporary, a newspaper for Avomen, recently established in Pekin, has been suppressed by a viceroy, "lest it should divulge secrets." The Woolsack, on Avhich the Lord Chancellor sits, is a large square bag of wool covered with red cloth. It was first used in the time/of EdAvard 111. to remind the peers of the great importance of the avool trade to England, and the consequent necessity of keeping friendly with Flanders.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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