... good-humour about Irish duelling. When Amby Bodkin and Mr Bourke fought their famous duel, the latter's son, little John, afterwards Sir John, Bourke, was hoisted on the shoulder of a neighbour to see the fun. O'Connell killed in his first duel the Count ...

... their works at Carriage Hill, Paisley. Mr John Poison, who presided, referred to some interesting circumstances in the prosperous career of the firm. Established—as to their present business—in 1842, he (Mr John Poison) took out a patent in 1856 for what ...