A few days ago a man entered a French omnibus, and deposited a paper bag on the floor of the vehicle between his legs. The parcel got wet, the paper bunw, and the contents of it—large, streaked, slimy, longhorned snails—took to crawling about the legs of the passenger*, preferring jupons as their favorite promenade ground. ■ A captain of militia, ou receiving »• note from a lady, requesting the “pleasure of his company,” understood it as a compliment to those under his command, and marched the whole of. them to the lady ’s house,
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2204, 31 May 1870, Page 2
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92Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2204, 31 May 1870, Page 2
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