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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 556, 21 October 1871, Page 2

A Few Worus for Small Birds.— " Spar-row, Brothers, Spar-row"—Canadian Boatinc Son^. We clip this from a contemporary : —"An order has been received in England from Montreal for 600 sparrows." We commend this to the notice of those especially wooden clubs, called "Sparrow Clubs," for the formation of "which agricultural blockheads lay their " chumps" together. When education makes a stride —in sparrowbill shoes—among these rustics they will understand the folly of slaughtering small birds.— __v.

The New York Standard says : —" Good a*.! ■lor'- 'affirms that if the present fashion in ladies' ' hi^h heeled boots continues much Y -:•_■ r, tYc.-e will not be a decent foot or an • I indie h"-g in our female population. ')\}.i-> A ie.js are an extremely desirable . I ;e. The woman who habitually and cone . -isiv cramps the sole of her foot is guilty of >•* i.r.ing the-soul of her body. The chignon liviu.: ha I its day, an absurdity in sympathy with it attacks the heels. These fashionable iron shod champagne corks, rimmed with gold and silver, that do duty for heels and support the hind part of the foot, are merely meant to catch men's eyes, and throw custom into tho hands of the chiropodists. If New York were to be saved from a rain of fire on condition of there being ten fashionable women in it with beautiful feet, we are afraid the shower would come. What is the difference between a plan of a battle-field and a roasted pippin ?—Oue is a war-map —the other a warm apple. A man who sat, upou a paper of carpet nails said they reminded him of the income tax. Fat men do not seek greatness—it is thrust upon them.

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