A New York wag having called Miss Anthony " the Maiden Mars," another objects to a maiden being classed among the ma's. The Providence Press says that a gentlman of that city took his five-year-old son to church for the first timp a few weeks ago. When the clergyman said, "Let us pray," the precocious youngster, in a high-keyed voice, e'ectrified the congregation with the exclamation, "Let her lip."' At a trial- in an Alabama town, not'flong since, one wituess, an old lady of some SO years, was closely questioned by the opposing counsel i dative to her eyesight. "Can you see mo?" wi 1 he. " Yes, was answered. " (low we'l can you see me?" persisted the lawyer. "Well enough," respouded the lady, "to 3ee that you're neither a negro, an Indian, nor a gentieman." Thq answer brought down the house and silenced tlio counsel,, ; . . , . , ■
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 723, 6 September 1870, Page 2
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