Tne potato crop r f tl c United States is estimatel at 210,000,000 bubhelp, the largest evir hvi vested ; hence the srmll shipments from abioad.
The pople of Preslon, Canada, rejoice in the fact that the Pope, o it of thou«a ids of jubilee gifts sent nun from all parts of the world, cut so for bis own personal us^, a de^k made by a firm in their town.
A good story is told of lVttigrew, of South Carolina, the great lawyer and unionist. He was piautising af one time before a judge who was a Presbyterian of ttie stne'est s et aud a very h^rd-woi kin* oinc r. It came to be Miundj-Fhuisdiy, and Peitigrcw ami the (VitnoliCs and Episcopalians thought they would like an adjournment of couit over Good F.iUy. lVttiirrew was selected to make the mot.oi. "Your Honour."' he said," 1 d( sire to move that the court a.ljourn over I< -murrow." Why should t ie c >utt adjourn over tomorrow when the d >cket is so crowded/" asked the Julge. " Because," said Pettu;iew, " to-moir >w i-, Good Fiiday, and some of us would like to go to church." '' No," said the Judge docidedly, after a mntiientAs thought, "the court vvi'lbit tc-monow as usual." '• Wry well,) our Honour," replied Puttigrew, nr.din^asli'j turned a. vay: nlknow there is a pieccdmt, for Pontius Pilate held court on me fiistGood Friday." — Catholic Telegraph.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 1, 26 April 1889, Page 19
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