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Dunstan Times, Issue 859, 4 October 1878, Page 3

Those feet again,—A St. Louis girl stop-: pid in the mud la,st fall, and when ,it froze: over the owner of the land put up some, fence and advertised a skating rink.— ■ Bridgeport Stan lard. Policeman—“ Now, then, move on ;i there's nothing the matter Imre.” -Sarcastic Boy—“ Of course there isn’t. If there 1 was, you wouldn’t he here.”. A good tale is told about a certain actor who recently played the “ heavy villain ” in the representation of one of our nowadays' sensational dramas. At the close of the, fifth act, where the denouement occurs, the; artist had to blow out his brains, but vnfor- ' tuuately the pistol missed fire ; nevertheless he fell as if dead. But scarcely had the curtain touched the stage before he had it up again, and came to the front with a second pistol in his hand. “ Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, addressing the audience, who were still impressed by his strange suicide, “ it would certainly bo a deplorable: thing if, in a city like this, renowned for its j firearms, the denouement of a piece should j he destroyed through the fault of a pistol, ” | and pointing the second pistol at his head, 1 which this time went off with a loud report, j he again fell down amidst thunders of api plause, and the laughter of the audience.