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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 110, 9 May 1874, Page 2

The Western limes (Exeter paper) mentions the case of a young couple who were ruined by the Tichborne case. They set out in life with every comfort, but the husband, much against the wishes of his wife, invested £14,000 in "Tichborne bonds." After the crossexamination of the Claimant by Sir J. Coleridge, the young man became disheartened and desponding, and died in a short time, his early death being attributed to vexation consequent upon the feeling that he had lost his money, and bad shown a great want of prudence.

The following is from the Gipps Land Times : — A few days ago a worthy Scotch farmer, who resides not far from Sale, entered one of the banks, and after carefully extracting a florin from many wraps of brown paper, placed it before the teller, when the following: conversation occurred between them: — Farmer: ' Man, but a'm glad ye're tae the forej a've been wan tin' ta see ye for twa or three months back; d'ye min' o' gie'n me that? Teller: ' Ho, ah! really you see there's so much money passes through my hands daily that T canDOt tell whether I gave it to you or not.' Farmer: ' Oh, ay, ye'll maybe no min' o't, seeing it's sae lang back; but a tell ye it's a fac' that ye gied me for hauf-a-croon ; a didna find oot the mistake till a got hame, but a keepit till a cam' in again, tbinkin' ye would make it guid; saxpence is saxpence, ma man.' Teller: 'There's no doubt of that, but I am afraid that I cannot make up the difference; but if I did so, I would have to pay it out of my own pocket. Had you returned the same day the mistake would perhaps have been rectified.' Weel, its a sair thing to hae a loss like that; a doot a'll hae to speak to tho manager aboot the sixpence, an' if he'll no make up to me a'll just hae to write tae the\boord. Guid day t'ye. With these words he picked up his florin and departed, much to the relief of the teller.