MISCELLANEOUS.
When the Pilgrim Fathers first landed they fell on their knees, after which they fell on the aborigines. Lives of wealthy men remind us That by using printer’s ink, We can die and leave behind us Monstrous piles of golden “ chink.” An American paper says; —“The Czar continues to enjoy life. He swallows no food or drink that has not first been tested on a Nihilist privately kept for that purpose. All the canals in St Petersburgh are being dragged for bombs. It’s a jolly life, and the Czarina just goes into fits over it,” The giraffe is a very timid animal. His neck is so long that when bis heart comes into his mouth it takes him half a day to get it back where it belongs.— “ Peck’s Sun.” Austin, Texas, has a female deputy sheriff, and when she tells a man aho has an attachment for him he don’t know whether to blush and try to look sweet or to strike out for the woods. The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a Bill forbidding any one to treat another to a drink of intoxicating liquor in a public place under a penalty of.frora sdol. to lOdol.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2689, 1 November 1881, Page 3
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198MISCELLANEOUS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2689, 1 November 1881, Page 3
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