A butcher's sigh out West reads as follows :—".fohn Jacobs kills pigs, like his J tat her." U:.i:Kror.TKr> " Atkocitv " is the City.— City miscreant: " Where did you go this f autumn. Jirnwti ?" "fc'carboroV "Well, did yon enjoy your holiday, or did you take | 3'oitr missis ':" — Pvn>:h. | FttESKSCE of Misd. —Lately a married couple were attacked in Victoria-street, 1 Hamilton, nearly opposite the English I church. l>y a dog. The wife screamed and tried to run. blither husband caught her by ihu shoulder* and held her thinly between the infuriated beast and his person, while he whispered in a hoarse voice. " Don't you dare let go of mi-, darling : I'Jl stand by you, even if he docs bite.'' >.ovcr losing his presence of mind for an instant, the daring man battled every effort of the fierce brute to get at him. 'J he owner of the dog interfered, and r.s the couple moved off, the husband wa-i heard to say. "If yon had only let that [ dog bite you, 1 might have sued—for LIUOO I damages. But you never have much sense.'»
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 282, 19 March 1877, Page 2
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181Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 282, 19 March 1877, Page 2
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