VARIETIES.
A young man says he is going to attempt the feat of going forty clays without working. He says if his employers do not watch him, he thinks he can accomplish his task. A society has been formed in London under the title of the Bread Reform League, with the object of inducing the poorer classes in the metropolis to cat bread made from ground wheat instead of flour.
One of the New York dry goods bouses lias a new clerk, whoso father, from the country, went in to sec him one day, and was surprised to learn that all the salesmen had nicknames. Ho asked the floor-walker why his son was called “ Jury ?” “ Ob,” was the reply, “he is always sitting on cases. Sir If. Roberts, the conquering boro of Candahar and so-stylcd “ Saviour of Afghanistan,” is the son of a clergyman of the Established Church in Waterford, Ireland. His brother, Samuel U. Roberts is one of the Commissioners of flic Board of Pubpc Works in Ireland. Sir F. Roberts is a member of the Order of Good Templars and a staunch teetotaller. He has a good Templar Lodge attached to every regiment under his command. Sir Garnet Wolseley is also a total abstainer.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2414, 11 December 1880, Page 3
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206VARIETIES. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2414, 11 December 1880, Page 3
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