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Evening Post, Issue 18, 28 February 1865, Page 3

The Gleneur dv Gard relates an instance of cool intrepidity in a boj' ef ten years old, at Nismes, worthy, it declares, of a Spartan. Notwithstanding the prohibition of his pirents, he frequently ascends to the summit of the amphitheatre to take the nests of the bats by which the old Roman edifice is peopled. The height of the. building is so great that to look down from the fop is MiffiV eient to render the spectator jrulcly. A fewdays brtck the father perceived his son at his favourite pursuit on the topmost crest of the ruins, and hurrj ing up to the place, he seized the boy by the leg, and holding him out in the opjn space, cried out, " Will you promise me never to do it again ? " The position of the boy M*as fearful, but ha coolly replied, " Lower me a little more, father, I can see a whole brood of bats in a hole below ; let me take them Ihlq time, and I promise never to offend again."

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PIANOS, EX ATLAS. T)IANOS BY RALPH ALLISON & SONS XT Inventers and Patentees of the GRAND ESCAPEMENT ACTION as applied TO UPRIGHT PIANOS. The undersigned have received by the Atlas from London. THREE MICHROCORDON PIANOS, with Trichord Treble Height, 4 feet 1 inch ; width, 4 feet 5 inches Octaves, Cylinder Front, cheek action, C to A. G. H. LUXFORD and CO. October 8, 1864. WiNES and SPI WITS-DUTY PAID. MARTEuL'S BRANDY, on draught W. I. Rum, do Scotch Whisky 200 cases Gin 50 do Whisky 50 do Brandy Port and Sherry, in wood and bottle. G. H. LUXFOHD and CO. December 13. WANTED, CARPENTERS.— AppIy to Edwin V. Carter, General Government Buildings. WANTED, a Carpenter. Apply office of this paper, Willis street. WANTED, a Roller Boy. Apply office of this paper.