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Evening Star, Issue 3493, 4 May 1874, Page 3

The ‘Moberly (Missouri) Monitor’ speaks of a Miss Same Collins, who is supposed to be not less than forty years of age, has lain in bed for a period of thirty years, and strange to say, during that time she has enjoyed general good health. We have conversed with physicians who attended her fifteen years ago, one of them for a period of eight years regularly. When about ten or twelve years of age she was first taken to her bed, and, except on two occasions; phe has never left it. The family lived for a number of years in a log house,' arid after Miss Collins had lain in bed about ten years, all the family were on one occasion absent from her room, and Miss Collins observed a house-snake leisurely winding his way on the joist immediately over her head. Terror seized her, and before she knew it she was occupying a bed on the opposite aide of the room. j n 1859 her brother, John Collins, built-a new house on the plantation, to which, with other members of fhe family, she was removed. With these two exceptions, she has steadfastly kept her place of repose, bhe ,is reported to be happy and contented with her lot.

Late Advertisements, ELOCUTION CLASSES. Conducted by. Mr A. Barrett, EETING of Persona desirous of joining . the Senior and Junior Glarses will be held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening next, May 7, at eight o’clock. y. & R. N E¥ 'ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for Conveying Railway rials from the ship Asia, at, Port Chalmers, to Oamaru. Conditions of Contract may be seen at this (fijee, where tenders will be received up till noon on the Bth insfc. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. W. N. BLAIR, District Engineer. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 4th May, 1874. SPECIAL NOTICE • Of great importance to Ladies in want oi Black and Colored SILK DRESSES AND LADIES’ UNDERCLOTHING. ■ At 3 o’clock sharp, on SATURDAY AFTERNOON. M. BARN bT T & CO, will sell by auction, on the premise! of A. R. Hay, Princes street, Black and Colored Silk Dresses of very superior qualities. Also, Ladies’ Uunderclothing. The sale of General Drapery will com mence every Evening at 7 o’clock, and oi Saturday Afternoon at 2 p.m. ALEXANDER R. HAY. ANTED, by Gentleman, Furnishec Bed-room. Address “T. U.,” Boi So. 107, Post Office, ANTED, Apprentices to the Milliner aiid Dressmaking. Apply Mr# Pearl George street. ANTED to Sell, a Section at Mornington. Apply to H. Lamer, at Esther and Low’s, Georgq street.