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  2. BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL.

    Bird's foot trefoil although brought to this district about forty years ago by Mr. Hager, who took up land at that time on the Retreat, about 10 ...

    Article : 1,096 words
  3. HEALTH HINTS.

    An aperient will often cure toothache. Quinine if taken too freely, is apt to cause indigestion and headache. ...

    Article : 270 words
  4. TURKEYS, THEIR CARE AND MAH CEMENT.

    In response to inquiries for hints on the management of turkeys and the cause of many fertile eggs not hatching I intend to briefly outline a few ...

    Article : 2,407 words
  5. HOW WE COT SMOKING MIXTURES.

    The mixing of dark and light tobaccos is a thing of comparatively recent date, and a trific led to the discovery of the virtues of this ...

    Article : 108 words
  6. WHY? WHY? WHY?

    Because in primitive days the newly wedded man had to wait upon the bride and serve at her table upon his wedding-day, and thus was a ...

    Article : 1,009 words
  7. THE HUMOUR OF THE UNEXPECTED.

    One of the penalties that a humorist has to pay for his popularity and success is that he is made an unwilling sponsor to stories either ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. EPIGRAMS FROM EMERSON.

    America means opportunity. Hitch your waggon to a star. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. He serves all who dares to be true. ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. THE DIPLOMATIST.

    "Father," inquired a little chap, "what is a conflagration ?" "A conflagration is a large fire, my boy," replied the father, profoundly. ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. BUNNY'S BAD LOOK OUT.

    About Christmas time every year a Birmingham clergyman goes to a farm a few miles out to have a few days' shooting. He is a very poor ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. UNLUCKY SATURDAY.

    The subject of lucky and unlucky days of the month, suggests a singular series of coincidences connected with the last day of the week. ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. PUT TO THE TEST.

    Travers : "I want to ask you a question. Suppose that five years from now I should be walking in the streets, clothed literally in rags, ...

    Article : 565 words
  13. THE BISHOP'S PIE.

    They are telling of a Bishop who was making a journey. His train drew up at a station, and the Bishop protruded his episcopal head from the ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The Hapsburg of Austria is the oldest dynasty in Europe. It began in A.D. 1276. The length of the sole of the foot ...

    Article : 407 words
  15. A WISE CHILD.

    It was a village school, and the rector called and began to question the class. "What am I ?" he asked ...

    Article : 134 words
  16. PROMPTNESS NECESSARY.

    The nobility and gentry of Little Prowbro' were recently gathered in the village schoolroom to enjoy some tableaux-vivants by the local ...

    Article : 150 words
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