I A clergyman told an Indian he should love his enemies. "Me do love 'em," replied the latter. " What enemies do you love most 1" " Ruin and brandy." A deaf and dumb person being asked to give his idea of forgiveness, took a pencil and wrote: " It is the sweetness which flowers yield when trampled upon." A woman purchased a quart of milk, and got a small fish swimming in it. The milkman innocently said lie supposed tho cow must have swallowed the fish. When a Dutch maid-servant wishes to go to a dance, and has no swain of her own, sho lures a cavalier for ' the occasion. A beau with an umbrella receives double paj r . Remarkable lions out west. In Janesvillo, Ohio, ithey have ono that . lays three eggs a day, and anotber tbat furnishes eggs solargo that she has to. stand up while laying them.
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 656, 2 April 1870, Page 2
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