A small shareholder in a small railway that yields but small returns, had hi? half-yearly dividend remitted to him the other day in the shape of postage stamps, He sent back a verbal message to the secretary, sta ting; that they * were of no use (o him, as. he could npt write, and- requesting in future that the payment should be made in tobacco, as, though he could not write, he could smoke. -. The Duke of Orsuna, beirig Viceroy of Naples, wenton hoard a Spanish galley. on a festival, to exerciee 'his right of delivering one of the wretches from punishment;- On interrogating then/ why they were brought there, they all asserted their innocence but brie, who "confessed that his punishment was too small for his crimes. _ The Duke said, "Here, take away this rascal, lest he conupt all these honest men,"
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 8, 25 November 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 8, 25 November 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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