The following; is an instance of the "severely calm" style of Western reportorial de-S-nipf on :—" Yesterday morning a boy saunter jd up to a yard on Eighth-Street, where a woman was scratching the bosom of the earth with a ralce, and leaning on the fence, said, ' Are yon going round to the back yard after a while.' The woman said she didn't know; may be she would ; why ? ' Because,' the boy said, ' 1 just saw the cistern lid drop on the baby's heart a minute ago. and thought if yon went round,you might lift it off.' It is currently reported that the woman went."
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 259, 15 September 1874, Page 7
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104Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 259, 15 September 1874, Page 7
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