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  2. The Aesthetic Opera.

    THE "Auckland Observer" having received the libretto by the Californian mail, makes the following extracts, which will doubtless interest admirers of the compositions of the author of the ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  3. Notes and Queries.

    From a large number of solutions of the words missing from the poem published in our columns the following are submitted— The captain strode from fore to aft ...

    Article : 356 words
  4. BIGGER.

    In Notes and Queries, Mr. J, Crawford wants to know who can beat him with his monster potato, 3/m-3/4/b. In 1853 on the Pajaro Valley, California, I saw potatoes weighing 71b. It was common to see a ...

    Article : 76 words
  5. Professor Denton's Lectures.

    THIS interesting subject was discussed on Monday September 5, by Mr. W. Denton, in a leature which he delivered in the Masonic Hall, to a crowded and most appreciative audience. ...

    Article : 763 words
  6. THE ORIGIN OF PUMPKINS.

    Can any of your numerous readers give reliable information as to which of the varieties of Cueurbito Pepo, or Gourd, the name pumpkin was given? I have read, somewhere, that in the sixteenth century ...

    Article : 107 words
  7. THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET.

    Professor Danton delivered the concluding lecture of his second course in the Masonic Hall last Friday night. There was a crowded audionce. The subject was the future of our planet and ...

    Article : 721 words
  8. BY HOOK AND CROOK.

    The proverb by Hook or Crook is said to be as old as the English invasion of Ireland. Hook and Crook are well-known historic places in the port of Waterford; and the pilots of the invading fleet are ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. EPITAPHS.

    Enclosad are a few quaint and amusing epitaphs which I think have not as yet appeared in your valuable journal, and may be interesting to some of your readers. ...

    Article : 407 words
  10. ANCIENT EGYPT.

    The looturer described the physical pee[?]liarities of the country, showing that although it [?]oarcly over rains in Egypt, yet the soil is fortile owing to the inundations of the Nile. This river ...

    Article : 668 words
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