The Tipperary Rifle.
An incident of the Eoyal tour In Ire. land has attracted mnch attention. When the Royal train drew up at Ballybrothy station, an itinerant vendor of walking sticks with great difficulty pushed, up to their Boyal Highnesses. There wag a rough attempt to push him back, but the Prince beckoned him to come forward, and then asken him what he wanted. The -man at once replied, "Nothing your ihonour, but to ask your honour to take a present of a Tipperary rifle," and suiting the action tb the word he -handed the Prince a stout blackhorn. The offering Was accepted with pleasure, and the vendor was backing from the Royal pre.» sence, when an aide-de-camp tapped him on the shoulder and placed a sovereign m his hand as, v present from the Pririce, A gentleman -on; the platform offered the man" 25s for the sovereign. He looked angry and said, " No, nor for 25 gold, guineas either; I'll keep it for ever-. -fa token of his honor who. sent i(i to me." The ; result was tbat Prince Albert Victbf gave the aide-de-camp a sovereijgrn tQ purchase a Tipperary rule for him, Which, he did, and bought one for himself, paying a second sovereign for it,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 45, 21 July 1885, Page 2
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208The Tipperary Rifle. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 45, 21 July 1885, Page 2
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