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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3766, 22 January 1881, Page 4

Winnipeg seems to be in a bad way just now, and the inhabitants are. begin Ding to b lieve that they are suffering from at leatft one of the pleagues of Egypt, Qhe place is infested by tro^s, and the advent of St. Patrick would be hailed as a boon and a blessing. *A gentleman writing to a Canadian paper gives. an extremely lively picture of the state of affairs. " The frogs," he says, " swarm in our streets and sidewalks, invade houses, and keep the whole female population in a state of mini/led fear and disgust. On a quiet summer evening, after a refreshing rain, every able bodied woman in Winnipeg can be found at on*e v and ~ the same occupation that of searching for frogs beneath the chairs, beds, sofas, &c. The street pedestrian commits murder at almost etery other step. A crunching, crushing sound tells the sad tale that another reptilian victim has been sacrificed, and you turn round to behold a mass of froggy pulp. There they lie on the pavements in all shapes and in all . stages of decomposition. Their bleaching carcasses meet one's gaze in all parts of the city." It has probably not struck the Winnipegians that the best thing they can do is to import a few thousand ducks.. These would soon make a clearance, and get in-rare good form for Christmas in addition.