The rodent ppulty, show m the Crystal l*;i foce.' 1 .ondon, was the largest : ever" ,b<:]cl m any . country, i There was ; sfo-.V> iiens and fmvls. The; hens ; doulilp' voy?' rcjircscnted a il'tftance of' over .fqu'r miles. l J oultrj'-iitt:«n> n g is nnw ( * e " clarcd to he 1 lie .pwst profitable department of hfjsbanjdry m Eng-
: Among. the oddities hi, human nature'broiYghi'tothe surface by the political earthquake, js a. ,man jn. "Hagtown," 11 m ' I'S'cderick county, Va.. who ( took a vow not to,gp put ; of h\s honse until a Democrat was electc(i President, and who faithfully ke*pt his oath and stayed indoors for nearly ; a quarter of a century, dressed m a gii'dlo bound about his waist. Since, Cleveland's ejection he has qorn.e out, sb'a vert "bim self, put on ordinary clothes, and seems convalescent generally. ;,,.„., i An English clergyman aslcefi an uneducated wo,man whether she liked ;is written or unwritten sermons the ib'esT "ATtcr "thinking a few hiomeiits ; she replied- ..; '^Why. I lpikoyo the best without the book, because vo ;kces saying 'the' sHme- tTi'mW over -and iover again, and that helps me to re- ) member what I "hear 1 a ! great deal 'better." He was a wiser man and^ 1 riot-quite a^s K^ell sUtJsfied ; Vit6*-hftn^ iself. ..:'•.,:: ■ Capt. Pearall, a well-known Long Island resident ' dlied suddenly recently, .while. tellirig his wife , how he had found a favorite N.c.wfounH. land dog oiP.nis 'dead' Wi'th'^a'^ulfe! in'his hfeai't:' Ahinquest?' Was 'held I on Capt. Pearallyantrtnfrjury found that deceased ca'metp'hiideaprfrom ; heart decease- 'siipie^iriUiicfed'b^ grief ■at the loss 'of His' tavlj'fitk'db^'' 5 '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 20 March 1885, Page 4
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