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A NEW YORK SCANDAL

... the criminal did not appear, but instead the Judge was handed telegram announcing that she was dead. This was thought an April fool joke,” but it was soon confirmed. The infamous woman was found reclining bath of warm water, her throat cut from ear to ...

Published: Thursday 02 May 1878
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 458 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Pickings from Punch

... possibly favour hiin and his colleague* with a character return of post; present they were deplorably in want of one.' What an April Fool !—A youngcorrespondent who writes on the Ist of April, says he has been directed by his friends to inquire of us, ' What ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1851
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 897 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

O O L 8 P I E

... Henry Ward Beecher on « certain Ist of April an envelope a sheet uf paper, ou * Well,’ anid which were only the words ‘ April fool her, ‘ l've several times stupid tine I ever knew a man to write a letter and omit to sign it; but this is the put hs ...

Published: Wednesday 18 April 1888
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1027 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A LUNATIC'S VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET

... a mother-in-law, dare lay a finger on him. Not if he be mad ? No, not if a3 mad as a March hare, or two March hares, an April fool, a Michaelmas goose, anda honey- moonomaniac rolled into one. Is Stewart mad? ‘Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1861
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1486 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NORTHERN ENSIGN, THURSDAY, APRIL r, 1866

... years twenty-seven non•eommirioners and seen were drowned at the milititty stations of the L'uited Kingdom. THREE hundred ' April fool.' purchased penny tickets to witness a Procession of the animals' in the Zoological Gardens, London, on the Ist April. The ...

•PRIL POOL

... by the door, directed tome, esti Ws get • April reel' es it. Shall 1 pall it in We sada hag and heavy.' shin, it it says April Fool it's fall el stone, Übe lane it where it ia.' Lad se Thais dawn how Ns pail, far water. inquired if the hand whoa she said ...

Published: Friday 28 May 1880
Newspaper: Caithness Courier
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1569 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE MONTHLIES-FIRST NOTICE

... sketches we have read for a long time is 'Our Entertainment,' which is also illustrated with great and laughable copiousness. April Fool' is hardly lase excellent. In Cornhill Magazine we have two more chapters of Thackeray's last, Denis Dottrel,' a readable ...

LAST Weak 1141 premiss. of Mr J.'hn Rd Ham, weal- Sharpshooters—Aching teeth. en maaufacturer, Leads, was ..

... Rev. H. my Ward Beecher on the let of A TTON—FatAL AcCIDSKT.— An accident, which has Apri.i, in which the only wools were April Fool. rime proved fatal, occurred on Wednesday last, at the Mr Beecher reports. 'I have heard of men who erode farm of Liethill ...

Ay Hoax.—Three hundred ‘ April fools’ pur- chased penn tickets to witness a ‘procession of the animals’ in the ..

... Ay Hoax.—Three hundred ‘ April fools’ pur- chased penn tickets to witness a ‘procession of the animals’ in the Zoological Gardens, London, on the Ist April. The tickets were n’ coloured cards, upon which was printed—* riber’s Ticket.— Admit bearer to ...

Published: Thursday 19 April 1866
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 619 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

And they St. Fergus tows The eau shoos from the ma. AM up the river bank they sped This great

... rollers, Aid porting on the glittering waves That rippled o'er the pools ; Our merry men thought they were game— The triplet April fools, • Come. here's a prise,' cried noble 8 ; • Lot's stalk the dock,' wed C • My heart it thrills to their bills; Cried out ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1884
Newspaper: Caithness Courier
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Tue Loxpon Poor.—A man, who had lived in the ish for sixteen years, upon my askiug how he managed to

... the remainder of the journey was agreeably passed in ex- amining his portfolio, filled with sketches just taken in ABE’ APRIL-FOOLING.—On the Ist of April last, about mid-day, Uncle Abe indulged in one of his little okes. e ordered a dessatch to be sent ...

Published: Thursday 19 May 1864
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 743 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Natirowat April. Lendon: N.M. The National for April is as serial as in previous months. Is has no want

... will make Peper. Bat his Lord- merits and Understand the position of herseif This part of Titan concludes Peper named “ April Fools,” which gives fine of ite sunshine and shadows of spring, meadow, the crystalline dew, the the green and of whatever else ...

Published: Friday 17 April 1857
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 835 | Page: 4 | Tags: none