Phibbs tells us that where be came from there was a boy so sharp, that when his mother went to flog him with a cane he always cut it. A Western reporter has "interviewed " magnetic wave now on its way from the sun, and says it proposes to knock the earth to pieces. " Why do you not admire my daughters ?" said a proud mother to a gentleman. " Because," he replied, "lam no judge of paintings." " But surely," replied the lady, not in the least disconcerted by this rude reflection, "you never saw an angel that was not painted." The Prince of "Wales drew from the Duchy of Cornwall £63,587 for personal use during the past year.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 664, 28 May 1870, Page 3
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