MANTELL’S LAST.
The “ funny man” of the House has not lost his old habits. It appears that everyday Sir Julius Yogei is to be seen in the luncheon room of the club at Wellington, enjoying a salad, which dish forms the chief piece de resistance of the meal. Attention has been drawn to the Premier’s penchant for salad, and Mr Mantell entering the room one day with a friend while Sir Julius was thus engaged, asked the former what lines in Milton’s account of the creation the premier put him in mind of. His Mend gave it up, when Mr Mantell quoted as follows : “ Each day upon the green and tender herb ihe gentle dew (jew) descends.
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Evening Star, Issue 4127, 19 May 1876, Page 4
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117MANTELL’S LAST. Evening Star, Issue 4127, 19 May 1876, Page 4
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