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LIBERALITY OF LORD ABERDEEN.—This noble gentleman has with his usual generosity subscribed £'2so towards the ..

... Brahmin life and of his conversion, while the facts which he stated about his own mission work were most interesting. Ile speaks English with great fluency, and was heard very distinctly all over the church Dur:ng the evening he repeated the Lo rd's Praye ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1172 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Everybody's Corner

... attain so much education, answered, ; I—juatheard—it—liere and—there, and was too lazy to forget it. THE New York papers speak of an eagle having been captured at one of the hotels in that city, which Ind Spicer to remark that when he stopped there with ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1326 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

INVERNESS FARMERS' SOCIETY

... for which he urged, there should be more granary storage room, while for cattle there should be more shelter. Generally speaking, it would be better that the granary aecomodation and shelter for cattle should be provided by the landlords, but there were ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 604 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... land. It was only a little fancy of mine that I should like to have it. Nothing more. For a minute the Countess sat without speaking. Then she said :— You shall make no such sacrifice for me, James I have made up my mind never to wear another diamond necklace ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2988 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MRS GLADSTONE ON THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE

... to attend the meeting at the Mansion House in January. The nuisance of smoktis, indeed, horrible. Mr Gladstone and I often speak of it, and I may express our own feelings most truly in saying how thankful we should be if wise steps be taken so as to bring ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A COLD BATH

... lover, said a young lady, may have ver plain features, but between his nose and his chit; he has something which always speaks a good wore for him. SIDNEY SMITH once thus cleverly described Mr. Grote and her husband: I do like them both s 4 much, ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1903 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BYRON'S LITERARY REPUTATION

... Terni and at Argus, as at Laurens and Geneva, memory murmurs Byronic melody, and all the tens of thousands of the English speaking race who go to Rome cannot see to-day the statute called the Dying Gladiator, without at once beholding his young barbarians ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 380 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DEATH OF A WATERLOO OFFICER

... his bedtom door and raising an alarm. Help soon arrived, when General Butler was found to be half unconscious and unable to speak. He was not very badly burnt, but suffered severely from the shock. The deceased General was one of the few surviving heroes ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... powerless to guide or direct, and she in all sublunary matters must now obey the stern behests of one who is now permitted to speak in the name of that blessed shade. A member of the clan :'Donald having influence with the lady favours the suit of the Great ...

Published: Saturday 12 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2334 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DREAD OF THE CENSUS IN INDIA

... said(lood and prolonged applanse)—that the three great historic scu war, pestilence, and famine—had not injured the English-speaking nations of the world a much as intemperance. It appeared to be beyond controversy that Germane, Englishmen. and Americans ...

Published: Saturday 12 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1012 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

RUSSIAN NAVAL ENTERPRISE

... softy. Nova. 3 The Boers have sent thsir ! arrp meg the North Gamin press. This pipers, addressing itself to people I ly speaking an almoss identical dialect with themselves, the authors and supporters et the poem, are likely to attract more than wee ...

Published: Saturday 12 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1326 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

hostler, who touched his hat with the salutation, Good evening, Master Preston, showed that this gentleman was ..

... Preston had walked to the window, and drawing the blind aside, had looked out upon the night, and when Mrs Fox had finished speaking, turning round, facing me: I do not like to appear dieeurteous, sir; but I do not even know your name, and to share my— ...

Published: Saturday 19 March 1881
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1658 | Page: 3 | Tags: none