A Boston gentleman has invented a rat trap which kills the animal instantly, throws its body in the air, and sets itself for another victim. "Well, John," said a minister to one of his hearers, "I hope you hold family worship regularly ?" "Ay sir," answer John, "in the time o'year o't." "In the time o'year o't! What do you mean?" "Ye ken, sir we canna see in winter." "Bnt, John, you should buy candles." "Ay sir," replied John, "but, in that case, I'm afraid the cost might owergang the proQt." Dr Hall has writtten a long article to prove that it is unhealthy for a man and his wife tosleep in the same room, but theEoine "Commercial" knows of some wives who would make it unhealthy for their husbands to sleep nywhere else.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 901, 16 December 1871, Page 2
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133Untitled Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 901, 16 December 1871, Page 2
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