Years ago I found in my garden a nest of the shrike. The young birds, four or five in number, were nearly fledged. Having heard a good deal of the predatory habits of the tribe, I was going to ...
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Article : 1,279 wordsCongressman Crain, who represents the Calveston district of Texas, tells some remarkable stones of poker playing in that State during war time. Jt was an epoch there of lawlessness and mob rule, ...
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Article : 52 wordsNo. 10,216, county of Buckland, parish of Currabubula, within Piallaway and Walhallow holding, area 68¼ acres. For residence conditional purchase the whole area is open; the price shall be £2 10s ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 373 wordsPart of travelling stock reserve 377, county of Sandon, parish of Harnham, area 46 acres 2 roods. Water reserve 763, county of Buckland, parish of Currabubula, area 107½ acres. ...
Article : 203 wordsThere are many words in the English language which are derived from the names of gods and goddesses, men and women; but because you find a man's name—or a woman's, for that matter— ...
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Article : 342 wordsNo. 10,217, county of Buckland, parish of Currabubula, area about 15 acres, is reserved from sale for water aupply. No. 14,809 county of Stapylton, parishes of ...
Article : 91 wordsReserve 187 from lease and water supply, [?] of Buckland, parish of Currabubula, are[?]out 107½ acres. No. 3879 from lease for access to wate[?]ty ...
Article : 55 wordsThe following lots of land will be of for sale by auction at the undermentioned pl[?]t twelve o'clock noon on the day specified, and the upset price affixed to each lot respectively [?]osit, 25 ...
Article : 253 wordsSome one has remarked recently that there must be some good in a mau who is called Bob when he has reached his sixties, and who that knows Col. Ingeraoll will dissent from the statement? Brimful ...
Article : 850 words"When I used to gamble," said a good citizen, "if I won I always made it a point to buy new clothes, or pay my board a month ahead, or buy a diamond or something like that. That's the only ...
Article : 211 wordsShortly after the close of the secession war General Forrest and his wife stopped at a hotel in Memphis, and after examining their purses found the sum total of their wealth amounted to 7dol. 30 ...
Article : 305 wordsTrials of the pr[?]in system in farming have not generallyed successful, partly because it has been [?] in recent years to obtain any profit to share[?]artly because a manager ...
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Article : 412 wordsOdeardo Barri, the composer of so many popular drawing-room ballads, is by no means a stranger to[?] theatrical experiences. Years ago he held a prominent position on the American operatic stage; ...
Article : 371 wordsSwift alludes to whist as a favourite pastime for clergymen, and Hayward tells us that about the beginning of the century there was in a country town in Somersetshire a whiat club, composed ...
Article : 142 wordsAnent Lord Granville's devotion to whist there is the following well authenticated story: One afternoon, intending to set out for Paris, he ordered his carriage at Graham's at 4. When it came ...
Article : 130 wordsGoldsmith somewhere tells of an old lady, who lying sick unto death, played cards with the curate to pass away the time, and after, winning all his money had proposed to play for her funeral ...
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