A coroner's jury in Boston returned as a verdict, in tlis case of a "woman who had died suddenly, that " she died from congestion of the brain, "which "was caused by overtipulation." The difficulty of acquiring the English language, which a foreigner must experience, is well illustrated by the following question — " Did yon ever see a person pare an apple or a pear with a pair of scissors ?" "How is it." said a man to hia neighbour, " that our parson, the laziest man living, writes those interminable sermons ?" — " Why," said the other, "probably, after he begiaa writing, ho
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 209, 29 January 1866, Page 3
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98Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 209, 29 January 1866, Page 3
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