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... morning _to make April fools of thtin. She had, it seemed, early in the morning called a cab from the stand, on the pre- tence that Mr. Ballans wanted it, and *n the man drawing up at the door, told him that he was an ' April fool. The man not liking ...

Published: Saturday 05 April 1851
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2015 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Sporting 3£tttelltgence,

... gh. * The Chesterfield Stakes, a handicap of 10 soys. each, with 100 added were won by Jacquele, beating f. by Gameboy, April Fool, The' Hatchet, f. hy Assault, Dressmaker, and Mocassin. The Optional Selling Stakes, of 5 soys. each, with 30 added, were ...

Published: Saturday 07 May 1853
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 760 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH

... be kind to advise him not to write for the public press he can help it.” As regards Mr. Smith, he has as snre.lly made April fools” enough for one go, and I would therefore advise him to rest quiet aud be content until the next 31st of March. ...

Published: Friday 03 April 1857
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1401 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1860

... the astronomer-royal, who could in no wise persuade client that it was all luck. believe it to law that a person who on April-fool day speaks truth by accident, intending to deceive, his hit®! ruled to be the fool. Again, Pons, the comet-fi® 4 wrote to ...

Published: Tuesday 14 February 1860
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7329 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1860

... removed with all possible speed, and several of the company’s officials were on the spot to Superintend the operations. April Fools Liverpool. —On Sunday morning an official-looking document was placarded on the walls of Liverpool, calling upon the volunteer ...

Published: Wednesday 04 April 1860
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5245 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOSS OF TWO HULL STEAMERS

... (Roars of laughter.) Hesaid he would the bill run un to £69. I introduced Mrs. Cannon to the defendant. He came to England on April Fool’s day—(laughter)—and I met him, seven or eight days after, at Ridley’s hotel, inHolbonu Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant ...

Published: Wednesday 20 November 1861
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3071 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

STARVED

... hut April fool ? Italy, still the battledore Of Guelph Ghib’iine hands, Betwixt an Emperor aud Pope, Perplexed and panting stands, 01 her that trusts to Bremms’s sword, Or lean? on Peter’s stool, ’Tis hard to say which Italy Is greater April fool. Grave ...

Published: Saturday 12 April 1862
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1160 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LINCOLN 3PRINO MEETING

... Eas Bouquet 3 5 7 WEIGHTS FOR THE GRAND S IEEPLE CHASE. Age st lb Age st lb Emblem a 13 0 Banbury • 10 7 Joe Maiey a 13 0 April Fool (late Yell ?? a 11 11 ...

Published: Thursday 28 January 1864
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1880 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LEEDS ASSIZES. I

... great difficulty in getting any oue to believe that the deceased was drowned, as they said that he wae trying to make April fools of tbem. At last, a lady in passing by saw the deceased, and she screamed and nearly fell. The jury returned a verdiot ...

Published: Saturday 08 April 1865
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5468 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FILES AND FILE-MAKING

... no doubt of the truth of the statement. She id otly 28, but after 1 1 years' conventual iinuiurtment, her hair is gray. April Fool Day. — A Dankebocs Joke.— At the Mansion House, on Wednesday, an extraordinary charge was preferred by the Zoological Society ...

Published: Friday 06 April 1866
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4882 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

(Tke following appeared in our Town Edition, yesterday.) C. M. Norwood, Esq., M.P., to be a Deputy-Lieu- tenant ..

... leave no doubt of the truth of the statement. She is only 28, but after 11 years' conventual immurement, her hair is gray. April Fool Day. — A Dangerous Joke. — At the Mansion House, on Wednesday, an extraordinary charge was preferred by the Zoological Society ...

Published: Saturday 07 April 1866
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3607 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DISPUTE AT THE EDMUNDS AND.SWAITHE MAIN COLLIERIES

... ill timed jocularity. This version of the story, however, goes to prove nothing beyond the fact that the custom of makin? April fools was well known in the time of Louis XII L, but ia no wise accounts for the curious expression, poisson d'Avril, wlile the ...

Published: Saturday 27 March 1869
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1356 | Page: 6 | Tags: none