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  2. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

    "Mamma, is there too many of we?" The little girl ask'd with a sigh; "Perhaps you wouldn't be tir'd you see, If a few of your childs could die." ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. A Modern Poet of the People.

    By the good offices of Mr. Ebenezer Ward, who lately delivered an eloquent speech in Adelaide on behalf of Dr. Charles Mackay, we are enabled to present our readers with a copy of Dr. Mackay's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 300 words
  4. A Smart Boy.

    A, farmer had a boy who showed no special aptitude for business; and he was puzzled what to do with him. He concluded to ray an experiment. So he locked the boy in a room in which ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. Camping Out.

    Archibald G. C. Elmgrove (Armadale, V.)— Tour narrative of your camping out in Fern Tree Gully is very interesting, and very nicely written for a boy of 8 years and 9 months. Unfortunately ...

    Article : 50 words
  6. A New Definition.

    Teacher: "Define the word 'excavate.'" Pupil: "To hollow out." Teacher: "Construct a sentence in which the word is properly used." Pupil: "The baby excavates when it ...

    Article : 37 words
  7. Little Mary: A True Story.

    In a little cottage Mrs. Brown was one day busy ironing. Piles and piles of linen lay before her. She had an extra amount of work to do, and was, therefore, extra busy and a trifle ...

    Article : 674 words
  8. The Testa Puzzle.

    Make a square, which is itself made up of nine other squares, with twenty-four vestas laid upon a table. Take six vestas away; and yet leave six complete squares. ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. The Basket of Eggs Puzzle.

    The following answers have been received from some of our far-away readers. They arrived after the stipulated time; but some allowance must be made for the distance at which these ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. THE POETS' CORNER.

    Shall sweet love but mortal be, Love that fills our soul and mind, Purest, rarest of its kind, With the glow of sympathy? ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. An Emigrant's Blessing.

    A prophecy of the f ature greatness of Australia, written in 1845, and published in 1846, in a volume entitled "Voices From The Crowd." (By Charles Mackay). ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  12. Accidentally Shot Dead.

    A shocking catastrophe happened about 8 p.m. on March 15 at Belmore, when a man named Stewart M'Alister, aged 28 years, was accidentally shot dead. It appears that the ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. Roseland.

    A land of purpling dawns and twilight dews, Of radiant sunrise and of midnight gloom; Where fairest flowers, the rose and lily, bloom, And violets their faint perfumes diffuse ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. Sudden Death at Manly.

    A mining engineer named Jan Cornelius Van. Heuchelum, aged 33 years, a native of Holland, expired suddenly last week at his residence, in Whistler-street, Manly. While sitting ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. Ballad of the Drover.

    In the third line of the fourth verse of the Ballad of the Drover (by Mr. Henry Lawson) which appeared in the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL of March 9, the word "twinkles" should read "trickles." The ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. The Four "Seasons."

    "Come here, and tell me what the four seasons are?" Young prodigy answers: "Pepper, mustard, salt, and vinegar; them's what mother always seasons with." ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. "The Half of Eight."

    Teacher: "Tommy, what is the half of eight?" Pupil: "Sideways or top?" Teacher: "What do you mean?" Pupil: "Why, half from the top of 8 is 0; and half sideways is 3." ...

    Article : 45 words
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