■'J. A -Yankee lawyer, who was pleading - thecause of a little boy, took liim up'iri liis arms, and held him up to the jury^ ,- suffused iv tears. This had a yn-at effect the opposite- la vvyer asked the hoy, '. ffWhat makes you cry?" "He's pinching mci" said the boy. , To'Btii.L Ceows — An ingenious farmer v libs found a way to induce' crows' td commit suicide. He strings several grains '•'i-dT corn- on a horse hair, causing a sickling jS^ensatibtf iv the crows throat. In' his 1 'efforts i to j»efc it up_ the crow, invariably. , Jkis head off. A patent has, been applied for. £ : . .7 - } •/ : ' S BEVOTI6'NAii.-— "Do you observe how; "_e^oUoual Deacou Buffer is ?''" asked a good lady of iier. -husl^nd. "Yes, myi "the "deaco n ;~' i s "v ci- jT Tfr vo turn a 1 fie/alw;a^¥( l&e r .f>s' f his' _.ead [ b'6<ired r 'in r prajfer!
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 169, 20 July 1870, Page 2
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