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Extremes.
"He spent 233 years in the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carbineers) and
commanded that famous regiment in the Boer War."--_Evening
Telegraph_ (_Dundee_).
"Sergeant ----, who is 2 years of age, is married, and has two
children."--_Same Paper, same date._
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"Mr. S.J. Rodrigo, Vidane Aratchy of Kotahena, who was bitten by a made
bog on Sunday, left for Coonoor last evening by the Talaimannar train
for treatment."--_Ceylon Independent._
But why make bogs if they are so dangerous?
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From a shoemaker's advertisement:
"ROUGH BOYS WELL LEATHERED."--_High River Times_ (_Alberta,
Canada_).
The good old slipper has not outlived its usefulness.
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"To all anonymous correspondents who have recently written to me I have
the honour to reply that they are all blackguards."--_Advt. in
Ceylon Paper._
Though we ourselves should have waived this honour we are in full sympathy
with the writer.
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