A Victorian paper, instead of speaking of a black eye, talks about a " circumorbital ecchymosis."
The other day a coachman residing with a gentleman near Keswick received a telegram announcing that his uncle had died, leaving him a mansion and grounds, and a fortune of .£40,000.
There is a good story going the round of the London drawing-rooms just now. Sir Edwin Landseer, strolling by the door of a well known nobleman's house a little while ago, was attracted by the throng of well-dressed persons crowding in. He followed them, and found that he had walked unwittingly into a bazaar that was being held for some charitable object. He was speedily recognised, seized upon by graceful captors, and told there was no release for him until he paid his footing : he did so in the shape of a drawing. The sketch of an animal, dashed off in a few minutes, was quickly sold, and added .£25 to the receipts of the bazaar.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 931, 31 January 1871, Page 3
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162Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 931, 31 January 1871, Page 3
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