THE BOOK FIEND STILL VICTORIOUS.

Western Star, Issue 1546, 21 March 1891, Page 1

THE BOOK FIEND STILL VICTORIOUS.

In the Banco Court, Sydney, a case of importance to persons having dealings with book canvassers was dealt with on March 3. In 1885 P. H. 1 Sullivan signed an agreement to'take the “ Picturesque Atlas ” in parts, at ,5s per number. The agreement coni tained two clauses, the first being to the effect that non-delivery of the work at any specified time should in no way vitiate the contract or release the subscriber from his agreement,and according to the second clause the company agreed to deliver the first number of the work during 1887, other numbers to follow as soon after as possible. Defendant contended that he never heard anything about the work from the time of signing the contract until 1890, when "forty-two parts of the ‘ Atlas,’ along with an account for £lO I 10s, were deposited with him. He resisted plaintiff’s claim in the District Court on the ground that the first volume of the work had not been sent to him during the years specified in the agreement; and Judge M‘Parland, holding that the latter clause in the contract overpowered the provisions of the former clause, gave a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff, on appeal, took the matter before the higher Court, which now decided that, as the two clauses in the contract were at variance, being inconsistent with each other, the former clause, according to a permanent rule of Court, must prevail over the latter, and therefox'e stand as the binding stipulation. The appeal was therefore sustained and the verdict reversed.

How an Obsinate Cough was Cured.— “An aged lady of my acquaintance was for many years troubled with a Chronic Cough so severe that she seldom had an hour’s quiet shep. xifter spending all her substance in medicine, she was persuaded to try Baxter s Lung Preserver, which, under God’s blessing, soon cured her. Rev. S. Sellars.” Extract from a Book for Every Home. There is (says the Charleston Herald), now on view at the office of this paper a mammoth turnip of the white stone species, grown by Mr M Kundson, at* his model farm, Second Bay. The vegetable is exactly 3ft in circumference and weighs 17 lb. The only manure used in raising the monster was an old hat, which was worn by the owner of the farm for upwards of seven years, and was only discarded bv him when his wool had eaten its way through the roof. Ho experimented with the remains as a fertilising agent, and has every aeason to be proud of the result.

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