The luck, whatever that nay be, of some people is truly bad. A young gentleman in a Ballarat lawyer's offne, says the Star, drew Calamia iu one of Miller's £1000 sweeps for the Melbourne Cup, auil thinking, no doubt, that his horse was too much of an outsider to be near the front at the end of the race, sold his chance back to Miller for £25, who thus pockets Ihe piincipal prize himself,
The Cincinnati Star says a dancing woman singed her old man with a flat iron, and he now calls her 'the sweet singer of Michigan,'
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3185, 4 December 1878, Page 3
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99Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3185, 4 December 1878, Page 3
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