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  2. Dr. Reed's Housekeeper.

    "Doctor Nathaniel Reed! Yes, this must be the house." murmured a very prim looking body as she [?] through her glasses at the door-plate, and from it to a newspaper cutting ...

    Article : 2,610 words
  3. About Domestic Animals.

    I turned the cows out, and as old Bess was a little slow in going, I just caught her by the tail and gave her a switch with it to hurry her up a little." I've been feeding old ...

    Article : 559 words
  4. A Last Century Duel.

    Some three or four years before the commencement of the Revolution, Paris counted among its floating population a considerable number' of provincial ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  5. Buds at a Ball.

    Hurry-skurry | Hamper-scamper | Helter- skelter | There she goes |—R-i-p—r-i-p-r-i-p | That's the way things go in a dressing room at a ball. ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  6. A Coquette.

    May Marvell had been walking, and she came up to me with a beautiful flush on her face. We had been rehearsing splay for some time. We were all amateurs. ...

    Article : 993 words
  7. Agricultural, &c.

    'Merino wool" bas' been greatly improved within the past hundred years. ,Formerly it had a fineness of 750 fibres to the inch'; in 1856 an inch held 840 fibres; but at the pre. ...

    Article : 389 words
  8. Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.

    It mikes me tired when I 'sit' and reflect on the courtship that made me "change my name to Mrs. Bowser. I. was full of trust and love and romance, I looked upon Mr. ...

    Article : 942 words
  9. No Visible Means of Support.

    Sweet Thing in Petticoats—" Buy why do you want me to go all round the back nay, Fred?" Artful Male Member.—" Because I'm ...

    Article : 74 words
  10. Complimentary.

    Dramatic Author (to Critic who has dropped in to witness his first effort)— "Well old man, how do you like it?" "Critic—"I enjoyed myself immensely." ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Wit and Humor

    Screwdrivers—Cabmen. Federation—faderation. An illuminated headdress (address)—red hair. ...

    Article : 529 words
  12. What a Little Thing May Do.

    Speaking of suicides—there have been several lately, and a good many people are talking about them—a story is told confidentially by a worthy citizen of this city, ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. The Man Who Never Forgot a Face.

    The passenger who was never known to forget a face sat down beside a freckled young man with a sandy moustache. "Seems to me I've seen you before," said ...

    Article : 260 words
  14. A Slow acting Gun.

    " I had a gun once," said Sam, who did much fishing in the waters in and about Echuca, "and it was the slowest acting gun I ever saw. I used to set that gun-and pull ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. "One Good Turn," etc.

    We are told an affecting story by a gentleman from Sydney. A little dog had one of his legs badly crushed under a loaded dray. A young physician picked up the suffering ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. She'd Have a New One.

    A well-known and clever local violinst had just played. one of his most beautiful solos at a musical party the other night, when somebody whispered to a lady present, ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. Cheek.

    Master, returning home unexpectedly finds cook and her policeman finishing off the remains of the turkey he intended having for breakfast. ...

    Article : 41 words
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