A Puzzler : The Hudson census enumerator lias found a customer whose nativity puzzles him. His father was Irish, hut now a naturalised American ; bis mother was English ; be was born on a Dutch frigate under a French flag in Turkish waters, and his name is John Smith. Local Spelling.—As an old citizen of Detroit was nailing a “Tollent” on a vacant house, a pedestrian halted aud remarked that “howze” was not the right way to spell “house.” “How long have you lived in Detroit ?” asked the old citizen, scowling savagely. “ Fifteen years” was the reply. “ Well, I’ve lived here for thirty,” continued the old man, “and I guess I know how to spell a-s well as you do.”
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Evening Star, Issue 3952, 25 October 1875, Page 3
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118Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 3952, 25 October 1875, Page 3
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