Porce of Im agination.—ln illustration of the power of imagi nation, the case of the old lady who watched the vane, to see when her rheumatism was going to begin, is not equal (o that of the shopkeeper who painted the lower part of the stove red, and saved seventy-five per cent on the consumption of ftiel thereby during the winter. The illusion was so complete that one man tried to make him pay for a pair of boots that he had burnt on the stove. A Glasgow antiquary recently visited Catlicart Castle, and asked one of the villagers " if he knew, any thing of an old story about buildings ? " •♦ Ay/ said the rustic, " there was anither auld' story, but it felli/down^'i.orig-vsin'ce'/V'f'"l^:-;-'/^'--'.';. '■.-, -. Why;: a^
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 69, 3 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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124Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 69, 3 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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