Spare the Blacksmith. — A blacksmith of a village in Spain murdered a man, and was condemned to be hanged. The chief peasants of the place joined together, and begged the alcalde that the blacksmith might not suffer, because be was necessary to the place, which could not do without a blacksmith to shoe horses, .mend wheels, See. But the alcalde said, " Uow, then, can 1 fulfil justice ? " A labourer answered, •' Sir, there are two weavers in the village, and, for so small a place, one is enough; bang the other 1 "
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 295, 24 April 1869, Page 3
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