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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3316, 7 August 1879, Page 2

"^"Arcorrespondent wants to know " What is the singular of measles P " The spots, womnn, the spots; there's nothing else singular about measles that we ever heard of. And come to think of it, the spots are generally plural, too. It, would be a poor feeble' measle ' that couldn't raise more than one spot. ' An old Scotch lady had an evening party where a young man was present who was about to leave for an appointment in China. As he was exceedingly extravagant in hid talk about himself, the old lady said, when he was fearing, " Take quid care o' yoursel, my man, when ye're awa; for mind ye, they eat puppies in Cheena 1"

iKTKBBSTiNa to An. —G-entlemen, —l am yet a lire, thanks to Holioway's Pills. Not wishing io become one of the residents of the Professor* intended Lunatic Asylum now being erected in England, I lately bought a box of Holloway's Pills, took them at inter* vals, and refrained from tho " flowing Bowl," and Kichard's himself ngain. Holioway's Pills and Ointment are largely timed in Bermuda, and that account*, in my opinion, for the longevity of its inhabitants. I feel quite aftured, however, that Professor Hollow*? is and has been one of the greatest benefactors to the human race that, has ever lived, and that'hit same will be handed down t» pos terity when the names of our bravest manshyers are forgotten. Strange to say that wo. in different Ways,,strife Io acquire the art of killing, bat bur own preservation we take little heed of.' I bavo lived in Bermuda 26 yean, and in that time have inquired of soldiers how they uave, preserved their health sowell; the answer has generally been, "By not going to tho a,rmy Doctor, but by using tbe Pills and Ointment.", j By using the above, I am now found atmy Hermitage to be looking much younger aud .more healthy than you have seen, me for years.—Youw, J. W. Oddt, 2'ucker Town, Bermuda [Formerly Secretary to the Duke of Brunswiek].—The Bermuds Tin*, 10th M»j, 1879/