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Temuka Leader, Issue 2174, 12 March 1891, Page 1

A Lite-Long Patxfer. —An old woman named Henley was buried at Gosport on Thursday, after living more than ninety years in the workhouse. Her early history is unknown, but the parochial j records show that in 1801, .when the new workhouse waa built, Henley, who was then six years of a%e, waa transferred from the old building to ihe present one. The last forty years of her life was spent in the workhouse infirmary. Soma twelve years ago she fell into a trance, in phich she remained so long that she was regarded as dead, and was actually placed in her coffin before the mistake was discovered. Caution.—The Feilding Star says : Our attention has been directed to a seriouß case of lead-poisoning, by which a young man narrowly escaped losing his life. .He took a small quantity of vaseline for a sore throat, and beoaine so ill that a meeiical manwascalfed in, who pronounoed it to be poisoning from absorption of lead contained in' the vaseline. There is no medicine or liniment more frequently used, especially for children, and one cannot Bay but what casea of mortality have oocured from this cause,.. We may inform our readers there is a cheap preparation of petroleum sold as ,vaseline,, difficult to distinguish from J jie-genuine article, which latter is only obtainable from authorised chemists. Too Sh* to CottKT.—At a Circuit; Court in a Highland country town a young j countrywoman was under examination, j] " Now, my good girl," said the advocate, " you said you were near : the spot w,he,n the prisoner at the bar committed the: act. Was anyone with you at the timel!'; To which she, replied, " Yiss, yisa, my ; lord and advocate ; my sweetheart was. wi' me." "Courting, I supposed" was again asked. "Is he here ! We want corroborative evidence." " Yiss, my advocate and lord ; . shust outside " '' We had batter call him into court," here rerairked the judge. ".No, no, my lord,"; cried the witness. " Gootness no ! I can hardly g&t him to court me when we're alone, and I'm sure he \ront court < me here afore you all !"