A blind organ grinder, of Paris, who implicitly rslisd on a boy hind to guide him, was robbed of £B7. The guide then left him, and tree found soon afterwards in the company of • grocer'a apprentice. The young rascals had spent the organ grinder's money in buying bouquets and bottles of champagne for a M cftfs concert” ringer ( They flung flowers at her from the gallery, and hind a oab to take her from her home to the theatre. The grocer’s boy was awarded thne months’ imprisonment ; the " guide,” who wee looked upon as his dupe, was reprimanded but ac* quitted a For Youthful Navigators.—When a mistake is made in the ship’s speed, it may be set down as a knot-ical error.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 292, 30 April 1889, Page 4
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122Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 292, 30 April 1889, Page 4
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