JJ J"'' * "-: - * jr ( -Effects of Bad "Writing. — WelUngton, Tvho wrptej as he 'spoke, plainly,* was led into, the l eominiftal' of 'a'ludicrdns blander through) an .unreadable correspondent. „ Mr J; C. London, the bofemcaT writer, had ~_v great desire 'to 'see*the beeches "at -Strathfieldsaye, and .wrote 'asking the Duke's permission to 'inspect his trees. The Duke^tbok the signature for that of theßishqp f v of l Londoh— G. Ji 'London— and .misreading another word as weU, wrote to Dr "Sl6m„'eia :— tl My dear Lord, — 1 shall always TTBFgl^d'tb see"you aratratbfieldsaye? and my *serv#nt r shall show yoa as >many "pairs of J bfeeches , as j y6u"'majr choose^ta inspect; but what you want to see chem fori is quite beyond me."- -II ' ' T de Roser-The late George Eobins, 'ilie weU-Known auctioneer, said in one of his 'Advertisements of an estate that he had for : sale?**' In*-*thati>favored~regioa >t_9 moQ-t |s always $t $)& tail" * _
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Southland Times, Issue 3484, 21 August 1879, Page 2
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