"the iinettator, gobettiber 15th, 1651
A GENTLEMAN resident in Lincolnshire was travelling about eighty or ninety miles from home, and left a favourite little dog at an hotel while he visited another town in the neighbour- hood. On his return, the landlady, in dismay, told him his dog had been attacked by a large dog of her own, and had run away from the house. He left, but returned again to the same hotel after the lapse of a few weeks ; when the landlady informed him that his little dog had returned in the interim, accompanied by a large dog, who had attacked her own dog so fiercely that he had nearly killed him. From the description given of the animal, the gentleman entertained no doubt but . that It was his own house-dog from Lincolnshire •' and on his return home he learnt from the servants, that shortly after his departure, his little favourite dog returned one day, bearing marks of much ill-usage, and, after apparently consulting with the larger animal, the two dogs set off together, and were absent several days ; presenting evidences, on their return, of having travelled a considerable distance.
"Mrs. Brown" and her two daughters were announced to appear in the Philosophical Hall at Huddersfield to lecture upon and illustrate Bloomerism." A man stood at the door and received the money for admittance ; when the hall was full, he requested a person to take his post while hr went to hand the ladies forward: no ladies appeared, and the money- taker became invisible--the audience found they were "done Brown."
A case of "lunacy" is reported in the papers—some person has sent £80 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer "for Income- tax overlooked."
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