numtity of rolling stock in the station, on which, and on the
station building, several direct hits were observed to cause
considerable damage."--_The Times_.

"Numtity" is doubtless a dodge of the CENSOR to prevent us knowing too
much. We suspect that "quanber" was what the writer really wanted to
say.

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"Mr. Drucker (for the trustees of the Testator) said the late Lord
Blythswood had made 51 oleograph codicils to his will, and the
difficulty arose over two of them."--_Evening Paper_.

It rather looks as if the two were not genuine oleographs but only
colourable imitations.

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"American eggs arriving at Manchester yesterday were quoted from
27s. 6d. to 28s. per 120, which caused Irish eggs to be reduced
from sixpence to a shilling."--_Daily Paper_.

Very Irish eggs.

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"12 Feet Corsets at a ridiculous price of Re. 1 each, all
sizes."--_Advt. in "Advocate of India."_

"A ridiculous price," says the advertiser, but "an absurd figure"