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Tins Dat. (Before Dr Donald, R^Lj Assault.—Hart v. Hopcr. The complaint wns dismissed on payment of costs. Ciiimnk- ok Fmi-\—T. Waterworth was summoned for this offence, nnd lined 10», nnd 4s costs.
mmmimmma*mammammm*mMmaim*jmmaßacmmmmikmmmmm Nkvbr Satispikd.—l think it must ba Leigh Hunt that, in one of bis letters, speaks of a day that would mako no one but an umbrella maker happy. During a series of such days I ventured to congratulate my umbrella maker, " Ye?, that's all very well, sir," he replied \ " but then there's nothing whatever doing in parasols." A deputy-sheriff in Keeno, New Hampshire, bad a habit, when anything occurred to him whicli lie had forgotten to state, of quickly raising his right hand with the forefinger extended, and prefacing his remarits with cite exclamation, •-By-the-way J " It being onco his duty, ns crier, to give notice of tbo opening of the court, he begun, a O yes, all persons having anything to do before the Court of Common Picas, will draw nigh and hearken to tha evidence." Here he sit down, but remembering that he had forgotten tha finishing touches, instantly rose, and exclaimed, " By-the-w&y, God wive the State,"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 71, 5 August 1868, Page 2
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