The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the Prince of Wales, father of George IV., was a dull child, and his mother used to cause him great distress at times by jeering on account of his dulness in the presence of his brothers and sisters ; on one particular occasion telling them "to laugh at the fool." The sensitive child held down his head and said nothing ; on which the princess changed her tone, and accused him of sulkines. "No," he said, " he was not sulky, he wa3 only thinking," — " and pray what are you thinking of?" inquired the princess, with increasing scorn in her manner. " I was thinking," said the poor child, " how I should feel if I had a son as unhappy as you make me." Bbigham Young's daughter Fannie, being strongly pressed to give herself to a wealthy friend, said she would consent "on the condition that she should have as many husbands as her liege lord had wives." They didn't push that suit much.
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Southland Times, Issue 638, 1 March 1867, Page 3
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