Mr Maguire was elected constable of a Kansas town, and a local newspaper announced that "Mr-Maguijre will wash himself before he assumes office." This made him rery angry ; he called upon the editor, the editor promised to retract and announced next day that Mr Maguire would not wash himself after all.
" Ah! " said an old Highland piper, who had an ear for music, as he was describing to his comrades at home his recent experience in Edinburgh. "Ah ! there was a night I'll ne'er forget. There were eighteen pipers, besides mysel', a' in Mr Glass's wee back parlour in the Coogate, and we were a' playin' different tunes, an' I just thocht I was floatin' to bearen."
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4382, 19 January 1883, Page 2
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117Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4382, 19 January 1883, Page 2
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