A Yankee orator is said to have brought tears to the eyes of his audience by his " touching description of the case of an erring Indiana hen, that had been recently discoverd in the back part of a hardware shop, where the misguided fowl had struggled for three weeks vainly trying to ha*-,ch out a pair of white porcelain door-knobs, without sympathy or sustenance." A Feast. —■ The gentleman who commenced the repast b} r eatiug his own words, followed it up by partaking of humble pie, swallowed an insult immediately after, and got his dessert at the end. Disagreeable and Impertinent— JRuin staring a person in the face.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 783, 2 March 1871, Page 2
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108Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 783, 2 March 1871, Page 2
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