Josh Billings, in his new almanac, says : " Prudes are coquettes gone to seed." A Perryville lady lately " caromed on the red " head of her husband through the window of a billiard hall, with a brick-bat. He ended the game with a vigorous run. " The pen is mightier than the sword," but it depends on whoße sword and whose pen you are talking about. It is said that the use of eye-glasses by young swells is to show that their optics are affected as well as their brains. There is a very stout old lady who rides a great deal in the Cincinnatistreet cars, and for whom no matter how crowded they may be, the passengers always find a seat. Her persuasiveness never fails. Her method is to bustle in and prepare to sit down on the passengers' laps. The hint is enough. The largest number of men employed by one firm in England is 56,000. The employers are John Taylor & Sons, and the men are engaged in mining.
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Southland Times, Issue 1559, 2 April 1872, Page 3
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