A Brooklyn jouDg man calls hia sweetheart " Silerce," because when he wants to kiss ber she " gives consent." An lowa minister has adopted a new j system of prices for marrying. He charges four cents a pound for tbe groom, and two l cents for the bride as his wedding fee. The following peroration to an eloquent harangue addressed to a jury by a lawyer in Ohio is a raie specimen of climacteric sublimity : " And now tbe shades of hight had shrouded the earth in darkuesß, ail natuie lay wrapped in solemn thought, when these (defendants) ruffians came rushing like a might 3" torrent frcm the hills down upon tbe abodes cf peace, broke cpen the plaintiff's door, separated the weeping mother from her cryiDg infant, and tcck away — my c.ien's rifle, gentleme nof the jury, for which we claim fifteen dollars," &;_,.,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 256, 27 October 1881, Page 4
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142Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 256, 27 October 1881, Page 4
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