"Gentlemen of the jury," said Western lawyer, "I don't mean to ina sinuate this man is a covetous person - but t will bet five to one that if you, should bait a steel trap with a new threepenny-piece, and place it within six inches of his mouth, you would catch his soul." Everyone should know that a prompt shock of electricity will restore a person to consciousness, who i3 dying from the effects of chloroform. A Japanese student, newly arrived in this country, thought we were all doctors, booause everybody took his hand, and askod after his health.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3171, 11 July 1879, Page 3
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