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... LOUTE. CHRISTMAS 'FAT STOCKI SHOW. I ItC -anlv tvpithn star .oC A At WbS only Last year that the first show of this cha. racterwas held at Louth, and-the success-which then attended it fully warranted a repetition of the tzjiib.- tion. The show-of- Friday last was-au excellent one, and, ?? ann exceedingly p' iseworthy nhumberi of 'anlimals of A,, quaijty .that~ equallecl its- naiiierial ...

... The engagement of the celebrated American trage- dienne, Miss Genevieve Ward, has caused quite a has tended to relieve the dulness so often experienced during the time that the Christmas pantomimes are in course of preparation. On Monday even- ing Miss Ward was met by a well-filled house, and the unbounded applause which greeted her, after many of the powerful displays of her, after many of ...

... BARTON %04R S ?? Fir , 7 - X ' (a ; Monday the, in4F i: tpc ' eic- ofesf ally held.' of showV wasi tmklg paeat' ,iggpl Qg Nact rat her interfe reOa, * th ; -stoik ractz i f: the otd Tfi s o, _he~MmmEb Frth e.#. seegrqd ot e a~s ,f. ~essra.1 Rresheey. Oouhbit~somer. as dotes, .were 4gain ,il lhe; aaee;daiL, Td'6 fiie'red bc, and,-whib animlalj threoeyatiU5XJddj&3 sr thi old,: ?? wbich took ...

... le (From Notes and Queries.) The following extract is apt for the Tbursday Christmas day of the present year:- Is Yf Crystmas day on Thursday be, A wyndy wynter see shalle yee, F Of wyhdes and weders all weked, n And harde tempestes stronge and tbycke. The somer shalbs good and drye, Cornys and bested shall multiplye That yere ye good londes to tylthe, And kyngee and prynces shall dye by ...

... HULL HARMONIC SOCIETY, On Thursdaynight last the great musical drama of Elijah was performed at the Pablic Rooms, Jarratt-street, by the members of the above society, assisted by competent solo principals, whose names and merits will be referred to by and by. Mendels- sohn's last great production, Elijah, as musical readers are probably aware, was first represented at the Birmingham ...

... I A Bolt that can't be drawn.-A thunderbolt. The right thing to be intoxicated ?? Strange ?? sheets in the wind. A BAcHELoR's party-A spinster, of course. Tism most popular ?? Holiday. SHOEMAKER'S motto- Never too late to mend. PitosnssORY ?? the fiddles before th. performance commences. AN old maid, Speaking of marriage, says it is like any other ?? there's life there's hope. LADIES AND ...

... _. _I_ - 1 . ?? . I . Wtrt ?? :, I THE PRVYStOLOGY go is a beoldra swho ?? iito tii phjisologlc arena ?? ?? snied ana! oppoite ajayzofcritie We-find that in almost O.V!ry, 'palidlme h ribk'frhir subjects3 iti .WCh* regos.-teet!'eb ned; They feet on th. e' rhone hile1ra'llingplbn$ delicate ground, fdo1' by:aw4Eie.btet'.ddeiph- cent or tributeed trs eot tb 6iibai edtbio bedY of: reliiodsta , ...

... i I FAIRY TALES.* At any time, but more espeeially whetl Christmas comes round, fairy lore has anl irresistible charm for the juvenile mind;-and j~l~t nO the z Wirket is giutted tnth those onrioasl1y woven stories which, while pleasing the infantile tancy, are also enjoyed by those who are not too vwise to relish 'a little naonsense now and then, In the cbarming volrin0 before us the author ...

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