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A correspondent of the Timaru Herald says .v-" I was a good Ideal taken with your remark, in a recent article on Mr Sheehau'B bonhomie. As an example of the plainness of his oratory, you instanced his use of the verb "to euchre." You believed euchre was a game of chance in favor among diggers. I was perfectly charmed by the naivete of that" believed;" it displays such a delightful innocence, and in a single word stamps euchre as " a game you do not understand." Is there anyone else in Timaru who cannot go further than surmise as to the import of euchre ? If there is, Timaru is not so bad after all, and a great deal one hears about her is fiction and nothing- more. '* Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise " (pardon the triteness of the * quotation), but Mr Sheenan's penchant for this particular word suggests that the game is in favor with others than diggers. ' Let them say whether or not " game of chance " is a mjsuse of terms. Personally, I think it is.

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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 272, 25 February 1879, Page 3

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Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 272, 25 February 1879, Page 3

Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 272, 25 February 1879, Page 3

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