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  2. A Great Bargain.

    Canvassers, as a rules, are a nuisance, and a man should always avoid buying anything from them, or he will get a lasting lesson, as did the writer, ...

    Article : 887 words
  3. The Kangaroo's Mission.

    "'Oh! what's to be done?" cried Victoria, sadly. "Dear me, how worried, tormented and vexed; ...

    Article : 401 words
  4. Eight and healthsome

    Though the grass may be cot down, it will recover in dew time. Figures that don't lie—The standing dummies in front of a clothing store. ...

    Article : 1,264 words
  5. The Miner's Partner.

    On a morning only a couple of days after the opening of our story, the sun had not yet risen high enough to strike the plains, which stretched as far as the eye could reach; but ...

    Article : 2,552 words
  6. Æsop's Fables.

    A dog crawled into a butcher's shop one day with felonions intentions, and inquired the price of a chop, "Oh! we give them gratis," said the ...

    Article : 251 words
  7. A Plucky Photographer.

    A certain frontier town in one of the United States has been pestered for some time by one of those swaggering bullies who delight in terrifying women and children, ...

    Article : 807 words
  8. Agricultural

    Make up your mind that every acre you cultivate the coming season shall be made to do its very best. The Farm Journal advises that we keep ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. PRUNING TREES.

    In well maneged orchards it becomes seldom necessary to cut away very large limbs, the trees having been so trained when young that there will not be any superfluous main branches. ...

    Article : 128 words
  10. Making a Swing.

    One day last week Toplift procured a rope and a beard, and set out to rig up a swing in the woolshed for little Freddy to amuse himself with. Seeing no better way ...

    Article : 556 words
  11. SWINE FARMING.

    We are moo and more impressed with the value of logs on the farm. Many farmers make their cows the main feature: the buildings are constructed with reference to their management, ...

    Article : 284 words
  12. A Fearful Vow.

    In the days long ago of his boyhood, an old schoolmate of mine was fearfully trounced by the schoolmaster. In relating the episode afterward he often said to his friends that he ...

    Article : 410 words
  13. All we know about it.

    A correspondent has, been; continually plaguing us as to the prices of wild beasts. Me insert all the information we have been able to obtain:—Lions and tigers are worth ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. Fire.

    There is something in the sound of a fire-bell that is more destructive to the reasoning powers of man than a double-back-action toothache or an aggravated case of jim-jams. ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    ASTRONOMER.—No. V[?] is not at present in the 'milky way' Like a coward, she is making away to the 'Twins.' ACTIVE asks "What ran I do in a hurry?" ...

    Article : 352 words
  16. She had Doubts.

    "Hubby,, I've just been reading how a leading English statesman improved his memory. "How was it, my dear?" ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. Wasted Talent.

    "I would like to run this paper for about six months," said a new reporter of this journal; "the present managing editor doesn't know his business.'' ...

    Article : 221 words
  18. Choose Your Company.

    Macready, the actor, set on record the following:—"Among the rules for the government of my family is this—That none of the children shall ever, with my consent, ...

    Article : 208 words
  19. Mercenary Courtship.

    LOVER—(Aloud) My lady's face is like the rose, (Aside.) The yellow one I mean. (Aloud.) My lady's eyes are like the sloes, ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. She Never Knew It.

    An item about the oyster industry in Geelong attracted Mrs. Pugmire's attention, and she said: "Well, I never knew before that oysters were industrious, or that they ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. He Didn't Get It.

    At the door of a surburban hat shop hangs the sign, "We block your hat, while you wait for a shilling." Therein entered a countryman, and answered affirmatively to ...

    Article : 98 words
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