The widow of the late Alderman Twells has given £SOO to the orphanage fond of the London police. The latest and most vigorous obituary line must be carefully punctuated when it is stolen and used in a religious weekly. It relates to the death of a child, and reads—- “ Plucked by God to bloom in heaven.” When Laycock Avas in Paris he wanted a pair of gloves. On entering a shop to make the purchase, the tradesman politely requested him to call againin aiweek. “ Mais porkquoit?” enquired the acquatic hero. “ Yell, sare, I 'ave none one ’alf large enough. I vill kill a kid to morrow and make you a pair. Zat is eef I can find a kid beeg enough,”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2574, 21 June 1881, Page 3
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121Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 South Canterbury Times, Issue 2574, 21 June 1881, Page 3
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