DEAD BODY DISCOVERED.
An alarm was created in the Clarendon Hotel tl>is morning, which blanched the cheeks of men. who never before had known what fear was. ,: Xtiseeius . the servant went" into the back parlour at an early hom* of the room to rights, and distgyered a lying on the sofa covered^-with-'the table cloth. Not knowing whether the party was male or female, "lie put his hand under the covering and felt, the cold body of a corpse. With an unearthly shriek he rushed to Mr. Britten, and told him there was a dead body oh the sofa. Mr. Britten, full of thoughts of inquests and refreshments, proceeded in business-like manner to investigate the circumstances. Removing the covering, he discovered the dead body of a fine fat sheep, evidently-stolen from Mr. Hague's butcher's establishment. The sheep had been fitted with hat and boots, and made fco look otherwise as a human being. How are you off for mutton is not a safe question to ask at the Clarendon Hotel just at present. No inquest will be held.—" Napier Telegraph. "•
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 42, 9 June 1876, Page 2
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