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  2. NURSE WANTED.

    MR. LEDGER, BEING OF AN INTENSELY AMIABLE DISPOSITION, HAS CONSENTED TO SAVE MRS. LEDGER THE TROUBLE AND WORRY OF ENGAGING A NEW NURSE, BY DIRECTING CANDIDATES TO APPLY AT HIS OFFICE. HE IS ASTOUNDED, IF NOT GRATIFIED, AT THE RESULT OF HIS ADVERTISEMENT. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  3. The Comet.

    CONSIDERABLE apprehension was at first excited by the advent of the comet which nightly makes its appearance in the south-west, because comets are usually regarded as precursors of evil. It is felt, however, that no harm can come from a heavenly body which, thus ...

    Article : 53 words
  4. Putting Down.

    THE Australasian has met with nothing but disappointment in its endeavors to encourage local literary talent, and those sanguine persons who were constantly assuring themselves, that there is plenty this kind of ability in the colony, if the opportunity were only ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. Public Reserves.

    THE Botanical Gardens are to be permanently handed over to a committee of ladies and gentleman, for the purpose of fancy balls, concerts, fashionable promenades, and the like. It is found that so general an acquiescence has been given to the practice of charging for ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. Answers to Correspondents.

    BROWN JONES—We certainly think that Mr. HARRIS, of boating celebrity, is deserving of a medal; but, sometimes these sailor people don't like to be medalled with. ANXIOUS.—Captain MARTIN is in no way related to the gentleman ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. Strange but True.

    PEOPLE who get “tight” are frequently not altogether so affected, but continue loose in their conversation. ...

    Article : 19 words
  8. The only way to do it.

    CON.—Why is a Captain in the army necessarily a sporting character? Answer.—Because he is an officer. [You don't see it ? Nonsense I it’s easy. In slang, officer is ossifer —equal to ossy-vir—vir Latin or man—total,, horsy man. It is ...

    Article : 71 words
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