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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    'A temperance orator had been lecturing (or an hour and a quarter to a large, but somewhat wearied, audience. " And now, my friends," he said, " why ...

    Article : 76 words
  3. No Use for Excisemen.

    Donald, a native of one of the Western Isles of Scotland, to Dugald, a native of another of these isles : " I say, Dugald, man, have ye ony ...

    Article : 82 words
  4. Not Bound That Way.

    The captain of a passenger steamer had one evening to stop his vessel owing to a thick, low-lying fog over the water, the sky above, however, being clear. ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. The Bald-headed Polygamist.

    At a recent Universalist Convention at Portland, Maine, U.S.A., the Rev. Mr. Wells told a story of a polygamist who had two wives, the one old, the other young. ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. Too Good to be Risked,

    The late Dr. Norman Macleod, the wellknown minister of the Barony Parish Church, Glasgow, was Intensely beloved by his parishioners. During his life a ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. How to Make a Table.

    Mr. F. Frankfort Moore contributes some hints on the subject of table-making to the " Windsor Magazine," One is not surprised to find it under the title. "The Subject I ...

    Article : 578 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Skaggs: "I thought Softy had quit drinking?" Draggs: "Oh, he did. He's now celebrating his[?] ...

    Article : 807 words
  9. A Delicate Conscience.

    Paddy Callaghan went to confession one day, and on being shown into the priest's kitchen to await his turn, pocketed a huge piece of bacon. While confessing, the ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. Pulpit Eccentricities.

    Many stories have been related at the expense of the clergy, but to those who have not dipped much into old records of Church life it may come as somewhat of a ...

    Article : 833 words
  11. Varsity Stories.

    In an article on " Undergraduates I Have Known," Mr. Max Pemberton relates several amusing stories of University life. Here are two or three of the best :— ...

    Article : 968 words
  12. A Successful Ruse.

    " Why don't women buy their hats as men do ? Now, there's a Derby that only cost me half-a-soverelgn, and I will wear it for two seasons," and Chauncey Smith ...

    Article : 522 words
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