A GIGANTIC FAMILY.
Tho Queen of Denmark onco paid a visit to-the-Danish'colony'-'of Iceland, where the good old bishop -exerted himself to tho utmost to show her everything that was worth seeing..'.Tho Queen paid many, oomplimenta to her host, and, havinc Iwrned that ho was a, family man, graciously inquired liow many ohlldron he haa. It happens that, tho Danish word .for. '.'children ,, is almost identical in soijnd \vitb,- tho. Icelandic; word for "sheep, and tho worthy bishop, promptly answered,' "Two hundred.!! ',"Two hun-' dred? , ! ' cried tho Queen, . "How can you .possibly maintain suoh a number?" "Easily onoug'h, pleaso your Majesty," replied tlio prelate, with a cheerful smile. "In-the'sum-mer I turn them out upon , the hill to grass and when the''■wintor comes I kill ana oat tlicml"—Montreal "Standard." :<:.■' .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 10
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127A GIGANTIC FAMILY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 10
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