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  2. THE NEW ACT.

    1. Publican: you want a glass of ale? Be good enough to answer the following question:— Have you travelled 600 miles since the morning ? What is your fighting weight? What is your christian and surname in full? How many nobblers does it take to make you intoxicated? Have you any birth-marks? Are you married ? And What is your income ?' " ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 233 words
  3. How Deacon Slydrop Punished his Son for Fighting.

    DEACON SLYDROP'S little son David came home one day with a very black eye, -and iii the course of the evening the deacon chanced to observe it; then calling the boy to him said : '' David, my child, how did you come to get that black eye ? Tell me the truth now." ...

    Article : 477 words
  4. An Old Proverb.

    ON New Year's Day a hare was started upon the Melbourne racecourse, and found itself surrounded by "many friends." After an exciting course, puss was captured by a fleet-footed policeman, and presented to the indefatigable secretary of the Victoria Racing Club. ...

    Article : 63 words
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