A great Barrington young man couldn’t get up courage enough to “ pop tho question” to his girl, and so he sent his offer hy mail. He got a p >Sit.al card in reply, briefly saying “ Fetch on your preacher.” A junior barrister joining the circuit, .had the misfortune to have his trunk cut off from the back of his post-chaise, on Which Erskine consoled him hy saying, “ Young gentleman, henceforth imitate the elephant, the wisest of animals, who always carries his trunk before him,”
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Dunstan Times, Issue 786, 11 May 1877, Page 3
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84Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Dunstan Times, Issue 786, 11 May 1877, Page 3
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