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  2. SELECT SCRAPS AND ANECDOTES.

    A New Commandment.—Archbishop Usher was accustomed to visit his clergy unexpectedly, and see how they were employed, and how their flocks fared. On one occasion he went in ...

    Article : 1,397 words
  3. REMINISCENSES OF THE COLONIAL BENCH, BAR, AND COLONIAL THINGS IN GENERAL.

    It happened at the Berrima Sessions that an unlucky wight was convicted of murder, and, upon the Clerk of Arraigns demanding, in the customary way, if he had anything to say why ...

    Article : 861 words
  4. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF PEDESTRIANISM.

    William Francis King, "the Ladies" Walking Flying Pieman," has just accomplished the unparallelled feat of walking one hundred and ninety-two miles in forty-six hours and a half, ...

    Article : 1,546 words
  5. SPORTING SKETCHES.

    A Forest Hunt.—"Some years, when the nuts in the woods are plentiful, the squirrels are so numerous as to do great damage to the Indian corn, when a conspiracy, like the following, is ...

    Article : 1,738 words
  6. THE LATE TURF MEETING AT PENRITH.

    Some maids indulge a fickle mind, Let them be happy if they can: But those, who would true pleasure find, Must soon adopt another plan. ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. To the Edltors of Bells Life in Sydney.

    GENTLEMEN,— I do occasionally, though at lengthened intervals, indulge in those pleasing reminiscences which a turf meeting, or the like, is sure to excite, and though I have, under the ...

    Article : 1,032 words
  8. FACETLE.

    Political Bon-mot.—Some one jocularly observed to the Marques Wellesley, that in his arrangements of the ministry, " His brother the Duke had thrown him overboard." " Yes," said ...

    Article : 1,404 words
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