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"AH said a,visitor to the Golden. State. " this is a arrange couiitry ! T|here are all sorts,of people h6r'e, find it Shows how wild and marked' are ; the"Vicissitudes of fate." •' Yes," '-Returned the California'n friend ; " peoplQf.rise and' fall here. ' I knew an baronet Who drove a hack,"" D.ear me ! You don't 'say so?" " Yes; and I know a Gqrman baron' who keeps 'a boot! black stand. '• ■It's incredible ! But look im there.. That is the most curious thing I ever saw,;." and the visitor pointed to a sign over qn : oyster-hbnse which bore the legend, "Peter Simple P.R.5.," and underw,.neath,.«-" Bless ..my soul! - A " fellow of tho Royal Society keeping an oyster Salooti 1 !' 1 " "Well,' ho; that's Hardly ■SOstrange," said the Californian. "' J\R, mean ' Fellow of the' 1 Royal Societyit : means ' Fried, Roasted, and Stewec!, 5 ";
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2336, 30 June 1887, Page 3
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148Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2336, 30 June 1887, Page 3
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