MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Americans talk of the limbs of n table or the bosom of a chicken A jjonng woman was hurt in a railway I accident and taken to the hospital, T?hcn tho doctor asked what was the matter with her. One of her limbs, she
Baid, was injured. "Well," he returned, "but which limb ? "Oh ! I can't tell you, doctor; but it's one of my limbs," "Oh, nonsense," cried the doctor, out of all patience, "which is it—the limb you thread a needle with ?" "No, sir," she answered, with a sigh, ''the limb I wear a garter on." The fact that nature is full of compensations is beautifully illustrated by a recent bit of scientific information, which announces that the house* fly is tormented by parasites, of which it cannot get rid, and that it suffers dreadful agony from their tickling. A prison chaplain being recently required for a Scotch prison, and the choice made, one of the Board said, " We'.l, I've no objections to the man, for I understand he has preached a kirk toom (empty) already, and if he be as successful in the jail, he'll maybe preach it vaucant as well.'
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1195, 21 July 1874, Page 3
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196MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1195, 21 July 1874, Page 3
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