Of Napoleon's private life Baron Billow, the Prussian Minister, told an anecdote which related of any other person would not bo worth repeating. If c was extremely uncertain in his breakfast hour, sometimes as early as eight o'clock, jaivl .varying from that till eleven. Ifis constant 'ill-It wna n ioast chicken, One day ho sent for his cook nnd s<uid, "1 do not know how id is, but at whatever hour I call for my breakfast my chicken is always ready, and always in right condition." " >Siro," sni 1 the cook, "the rsmson i 3 that every quarter of an hour I put a fresh chicken down to roast, so that your Majesiy is sure always to have it in perfection."—Recollections of tho late JohnJAdolphus, &c.
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 577, 15 November 1871, Page 2
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