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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 225, 11 January 1877, Page 2

Carrier pigeons, it is reported, have been put to a valuable and. ingenious use by an Isle of Wight doctor. After seeing his patient? in. each village, the doctor writes a list of prescriptions, affixes it to the leg of a-pigeon j aind sends the : bird' home. The prescriptions are thus made up long before the doctors return, and the medicines for those living at a distance are enabled to be despatched at once. As a country doctor's practice is necessarily much scattered, this method might be adopted with great advantage, as delay in the arrival of medicines is often of serious consequence to the patient. The son of a wtll-known' actor recently at a : public examination,! in reply to the question, " Who was the greatest English divine V said, promptly, " The divine William." ... .'..". ~ ' .'■.. \ £ There is a Spanish proverb to the : effect that a " paper-cigarette, a glass of fresh water, and the kiss of a pretty girl, will sustain a man for a day without eating."