UNKNWON.
A married man was before an lnquirendo do lunatico court and the testimony of various witnesses waß being taken. Finally the .hired girl in hia family took the stand. "Well, Bridget," asked the judge, "do you think thq., gentleman is of unsound mind?" '.. ....
"Faith, sUr,-.-Oi;can't say phat is the matter yr.id his moind, Oi'm sure that that crazji'alje (Ipeshn't knpw nothin 1 p;,' l ■ " Hqwlpnglias lie been crazy?' 1 "Oi don't know that, siir," "Well, what first led you to think ho was crazy; I mean, what :did he do to make you thinkso??'*
"Oi oan't'tell jist when it waz, sur, but wan day, several weeks ago, Bu'rf the pore gintleman was sittin 1 in the room wid his woife boi the foire,. an' alluv a seddent loike, ,ho noticed .that the coal.scuttlo waz : iinpty, an', instid av tillin' tlie - lady to go ta the shed an! .fill it.up, he took it in his hands an' doiie it himsolf, sur, When he done that, sur, Oikncft'edthat something hed happened, the poro gintleman."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1893, 20 January 1885, Page 2
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173UNKNWON. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1893, 20 January 1885, Page 2
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