Bon Mot, —A person speaking to a very deaf man, and JJgetiing angry at his not catohmg his meaning, said. '• Why it is as plain as A B C." *' That may be, sir,,' replied the poor man,«' but I am D E F." Square or Land Measure.-—Land measure varies very materially, not according to the distance, but to the mode of travelling. A mile and a half on foot will be upwards of two miles if you 'take a cab and dou't make a bargain before getting into it. One league is three miles—but the is a 1 league called the Anti Corn-law League, which goes such extraordinory lengths that it is impossible to ascertain its limits, — Punch.
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 58, 12 September 1844, Page 3
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