A modest genius.—Native : " Well, sir I manage to make a livin' o't somehow—fact is, I keeps the post office and a little school; I teaches navigation an d cuts hair, I plays the organ in the church, kills, pigs and does a little farrierin', I'm parish clerk and collect the income tax. Mizzures a good bit o' land fur the farmers, taitches any private families the pianner, and brews once fortnit for our landlord. I keeps a little chandler's shop and sells straw hats, bovlweßters, tarpaulins, and drapery. I've got a coal yard aud a class for learnin' the fiddle. I used to do a little in auctioneerin' too, but that's cut up so 'tisn't worth much. I'm correspondent for the county paper and picks up a good bit o' news o ( one sort and another, but times ain't like they used to bo sir!"
The following sentence, " John quickly extemporised five tow bags," contains all the letters of the alphabet, and only four of them are used more than once.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 905, 26 December 1871, Page 2
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171Untitled Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 905, 26 December 1871, Page 2
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