MISCELLANEOUS.
The Sydney Evening News has the following curious instance of a boy being nearly eaten alive by ants : A man named Spain, resident near Ipswich, was sent out to bring in some cows and not returning, the neighbors searched the country for forty miles around. In the evening the boy's mother heard a faint scream in the paddock near the house, and on going to the spot found her boy with his left arm broken, his spine injured, and his face, arms and hands, eaten raw by ants, which were carrying away small particles of skin and flesh. The boy is getting on favorably." A wealthy but eccentric English nobleman advertised for a servant A candidate called, and in making known his business, was shown up to his lordship. Among the duties which " Flunkey " said he could include as his, was blacking his lordship's boots. " Oh, never mind that," said the " dry "
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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1038, 20 January 1882, Page 2
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153MISCELLANEOUS. Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1038, 20 January 1882, Page 2
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