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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2477, 26 May 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)

In' Nebraska there are no leg il holidays established by .statute. Many new worn ;n suffrage societies are being organized all over Kansas. Phin'ck Bismarck has been made an honorary citizen of Bremerhaven. A uncus'? Delaware laiv prohibits locomotives blowing whistles at crossings. Till! full name of Frederick 111. of Germany is Frederick William Nicholas CtiarHkiik fj'rit.vuas, the composer, is a clever hand with tile pencil, and delights iu maleins caricatures. It is not always that a lunatic takes charge of a keeper, but the following story, which i-h nvs that such a Htate of atf.iirs is quite possible, we (Nelson Evening Mail) can vouch for. A steamer recently passed through Nelson, on board of which was a lunatic with his keeper. As time permitted it, the keeper being kind hearted brought his charge up to have a look round tho town, and it. is presumed he must have met a good many frionds. whose healths he did not fail to drink, for to the amazement of the officers of the steamer later in the day they saw approaching, not- tho koeper with the lunatic in charge, but the latter with his overseer firmly grasped by the arm to keep him steady. Needless to say this remarkably sight caused no little merriment.