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Temuka Leader, Issue 1523, 9 December 1886, Page 3

Wbllb’ Haie Balsam— lf gray, reitoreg to original color. An »legant drawing, soften* and be»ntifi.g. No oil nor greaie, A Tonie Bestorative. Stop* hair coining out: •tregthen*, oleangei, heal* acalp. Kempthorne, 'Proiier and 00., Agent*, Christchurch, 2i 1 At a Scotch fair a farmer was trying to engage a lad to assist on the farm, but would not finish the bargain until the lad had brought a character from his last place, so he said, “ Run and get it, and meet me at the Cross at four o’clock.” The youth was up to time, and the farmer said, “ Well, have you got your character with you ? ” “ Nae, ’ replied the youth, “ But I’ve got yours, an I r m no* cornin’.” Skinny Men.—“Well*’Health fienewer,” restores health, and vigor, cure* Dytpepiia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At Ohemitt* and Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosier and Oo.'. Agents, Ohnßtohnrch. 2 A youth named Hood, residing at St. Leonard’s, near Geelong (Victoria), shot his brother in a fit of passion. It appears that Hood, who is deaf and dumb, was teasing a horse in charge of his brother, when the horse kicked him. His brother made signs to Hood that he had been served rightly. The mute then flew into a passion and struck his brother; then rushed into the hous»*, got a ehot gun and fired, wounding his brother in the arm and leg. The latest craze in America is pet alligators. They are taken when mere babies from their native swamps in the South, and fetch from 1,t02 dole, in Nev York. According,to (he New York World a young lady in Lexington avenue has a fourteen-inch alligator, with a silver collar round its throat and a chain attached who follows her like-a pet dog.

MILLINERS AND DRESS AND HABIT MAKERS. Misses bowlbs & hoioboft beat to inform the Inhabitants of Temuka and Surrounding Districts that they have COMMENCED BUSINESS as the above NEXT TO MR J. BROWN’S, Storekeeper, and hope by Strict Attention, combined with Moderate Charges, to obtain a share of the Public P. GREGORY AND CO GENERAL COMMISSION MERGE ANT 17 Pitt street, Sydney, N.S.W.; 2 and 4 California street, San Franoisoo. Importers of all kinds of Wood Working Machinery, Also, Mine and Mill Furnishings ot every description. Patronage au3l AMERICAN MACHINERY AND Large stocks in both Australian and American Stores. Indents executed. Correspondence solicited.