Viscount and Newspaper Pedlar.
A man in very poor circumstances was buried a few days ago whose cortege I should have considered it an honour to have followed to the grave. He was the Viscount* Richard de Verney, commonly called m the poor neighbourhood where ho lived "Pere .Uidovic." His poverty was hid own act, he having lost a large fortune by imprudent speculations. Undaunted by adversity, he set bravely to woik to turn an honest penny. He was a mesaengei in tl>e Office of tho " Journal Otlieial," vhicu paper he carried about, to subscribers. I\\ the afternoon he sold other journal on tl 6 boulevards, and from 8 o'clock in the eveuing until midnight ho performed tho duties of'clresser in a theatre. He was 53 years old, and has left a wife and tin en children, who arc utterly destitute. — " Gali^aiii'a Messenger.
A man sent in io an editor an Item to Iho eftect that his fortieth wedding annivevsary would be observed on a certain day, but the printor inadvortcnUy left .out l»ho wordj'i , anniversary "
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 7
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176Viscount and Newspaper Pedlar. Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 7
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