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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3196, 11 May 1871, Page 3

Whisky and Newspapers.— A glass of whisky is manufactured from a dozen grain of corn, tho value of which is too small to be estimated. A glass of this mixture sells for a dime, and if of a good brand is considered well worth the money. It is drunk in a minute or two. It Bres the brain, sharpens the appetite, deranges and weakens the physical system. On the same sideboard on which tho deleterious beverage is served lies a newspaper. It is covered with half a million types ; it brings intelligence from the four qua ters of the globe. The newspaper costs lesß than a glass of grog, the juice of a few grains of corn, but it is no less true there is a large number of people who think corn juice cheap and newspapers dear. — " Scottish Amorican Journal. Affecting Confidence.— A respectable gentleman met tbe other day the keeper of a book stall, which stood quite alone in the street of a northern burgh, on his way home to dinner, leaving his wares untended. 'Aren't you afraid,' said the gentleman, ' that Bomebody may steal your books P' ' Nae ac bair,' replied the mull keeper, ' they re a gwecd (religious) j \nes.~ " Scotch '';.~r ""