A player at whist may hold above 635 thousand millions of various hands, so tbat continually varied, at 50 deals per evening for 313 days or 15 GSO hands per annum he might be above 40 millions of years before he would have the same hand again. A Pennsylvania preacher, while holding services recently, gave thanks in a fervent prayer for the prosperous condition of their crops, "excepting, O Lord, the corn, which is backward, and the oats, which are mighty thin in spots." " Mono-poets is the new name for persons who write but one bit of verse and then die, This isn't the kind of a poet that sends pieces to the papers.
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1200, 7 August 1874, Page 4
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114Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1200, 7 August 1874, Page 4
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