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  2. SUMMER BOARDERS.

    There was a farmer's waggon at the depot after two bunches of shingles, and when they had been loaded up the man came sauntering along the platform to say to me: ...

    Article : 548 words
  3. THE HORSE AS AN IDIOT.

    In calling the horse a lunatic there is, remarks the "County Gentleman," no intention of saying anything disrespectful of lunatics in general, who have usually a great deal ...

    Article : 901 words
  4. POLLY, THE TEA ROOM GIRL, OR, A YORKSHIRE HEROINE.

    "Murder!" gasped Pollock hoarsely, as he gazed with horror-blinded eyes on the prostrate form on the white face, on the awful red Btream that, trickled slowly to the ...

    Article : 3,222 words
  5. REDSKINS' SUN DANCE.

    The social event of Ute society (says a Salt Luke correspondent) took place lately on the reservation at Fort Duchesne. It is known as the Sun Dance, and is undoubtedly one ...

    Article : 822 words
  6. DOMESTIC INTERLUDES.

    I went to the cot of a happy pair, Through billows of blooming heather; The day was fair, They met me there, ...

    Article : 1,176 words
  7. GRAINS OF SALT.

    Superstitions concerning salt are widely scattered over the world. When the Chinese observe the last festival of the year, literally called "rounding the year," a portion of ...

    Article : 311 words
  8. SAGACITY AND KINDNESS OF RATS.

    It has often been noted that rats are very clever in the plans they try to secure plunder, and it also deserves mention that they are frequently found to exercise great ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. THE SOLDIER AND THE COW.

    A soldier once got drunk and was put into a cowshed to sleep off the effects of the drink, on some straw. During the night a thief entered the shed and stole the cow, but ...

    Article : 259 words
  10. HE WAS A HUMBUG.

    Scribbler had come home from the offiice in the evening quite "played out," because of the output of his pen and hrain that day. He was lying on the couch in the sitting room ...

    Article : 315 words
  11. A DUMMY BURGLAR.

    A well-known French actress once met with an amusing adventure. It happened at Marseilles. In one of the little pieces she plays by herself she has for accessory the lay figure ...

    Article : 241 words
  12. SLIGHTLY MISTAKEN.

    An odd story comes from the North. A regiment quartered in Scotland had among them an expert gymnast, who taught his brother subalterns how. to walk across the ...

    Article : 201 words
  13. SMALL ISLANDS.

    The smallest inhabited island in the world is that on which the Eddystone Lighthouse stands. At low water it is 30 feet in diameter; at high water the lighthouse, whose ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.

    All close observers are aware that many sorts of plants have what answers to the appearance and position of sleep. They fold in I heir leaves, the blossoms close their ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. ALL ABOUT A SHOE PEG.

    It is laughable to see how little it lakes to raise a crowd, or start a story, in a city street. "Never you mind me," said a bent-over ...

    Article : 213 words
  16. JUST TO PUNISH HIM.

    Not very long ago there lived near Halifax an old man who always rode on a donkey to his daily work, and tethered him while he laboured on the roads or wherever else he ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. THE HEALTH VALUE OF SUN SHINE.

    All these unhappy persons who lie awake counting the hours of the night, and unfortunately there are many such, should court the sun. The very worst soporific is laudanum, ...

    Article : 180 words
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