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Wednesday, August 24th, 1887
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HE YELLED HIS LOUDEST.
The Little 1tir1 Assaniter gets
his Second dose of the Cat.
COWtRING ITh DER THE LASH HE CAL'L'S
PLEADINGLY FOR MERCY.
G-nelish the child assaulter and
Toronto Central Prison convict re-
ceived tho second instalment of
tweirty-five lashes. es part punish-
ment of his heinous crime .}u that
place of detention, on 'Saturday tit
nine •o'clock. Reporters represent-
ing all the city papers were present
to see 'hint got the full treasure of
the' law. P. C. McRae to whose
exertions, the arrest and conviction
of the. villain are duo, also witnessed
the flogging of the man whose one -
tore had cost him such a hard race.
As on the former occasion, a gang
of convicts witnessed the flogging,
and as they trooped away after -it
was doikelud<ed. many a face was
blanclh•ed, and many a hardy frame
trembled at the sight of their com-
rade under punishment.
--C}relielr-hatl alftitdly letetitettettetep•
to the triangle, when -the members of
the press, escorted by the warden,
arrived at the scene of tho execution
of the Coni -L's decree. Ho diel -not
seem to betray any emotion at the
thought of the ordeal through which
ile was to pass, . lying passively
against the center bar,' awaiting the
first stroke. 1')r. Aikens, the prison
physician, tees at the post on rho
right of the triangle. Iie had ex-
amined the couvie;t felt his pulse,
awl looked at his tongue, after going
through that •formula pronouncing
Grelish to be in a fit and proper
state of health to go his pnuis11nient,
Walden Messie, on hearing the
doctor's declaration, steed ul) tho
prisoner, and producing the order
of.the Court rend it -slowly and dis-
tinctly to Groliah so dant he could
fully digest the meaning o.f it.
Then followed the signal to proceed
with the flogging. This duty was
performed by 1110 sun() officer who
did the work on the Last oeit.teion.
1)epet.y Warden lig to kept tally of
the lashes, and from the effect they
hell on the Haan writhing beneath
them, they wore certainly well and
truly 11111 on,
Grelish yelled loudly and shrilly
even before the guard had dashed
the cat -o' -nine tails on his back.
As the instrnnlnnt of punishment
was held poised in the air, ho
:Ahriekod in anticipation of the agony
it was to cause him, lie cowered
agslest the center bar of the triangle
3111(1 as the lashes stung his back his
shriek of terror wis changed into a
'tong drawn, low, shuddering moan
.of pain. Ile continued to yell with•
nut i11tertai.ssion until the eighth
atroko, when he cried, "Oh, mother
of God, help tae." The appeal foll
04 dog E'en', J'lly Swish of the nine
mow- g "cele e'Ys•ree
cords throutth the atlt, end, the thud
of ,tifeir cQdztact• T#a 4e
syn, waa; to
he heard oven whore the'. yells and
cries of.the •s Bring wretch, rive
times did 4ie, appeal ,to heaven .for
aid, and then elj;anging, ,ase turned
around his writhing body to Dr.
Aikens and yelled "Doctor, doctor,
do you want to kill me 1"
About the. sixteenth blow he
hung his neck over the bar com-
pletely exhausted by the violence of
his cries. The lashing went on,
however, with unceasing regularity.
At the twentieth stroke Grelish
found his voice again and continued
his cries for mercy until the twenty-
fifth was called. He was immed-
iately released from the triangle and
ordered back to cell No. 1, where
Ito stretched,, himself on the floor
and panted for breath. The effect
on his bock this time was exactly
similar to that seen at the first flog-
ging. The blood was brought to
the surface, but did not burst
through the skin, being all the more
painful on that account. Dr.
Aikens wheu spoken to afterwards
said that Grelish must have felt the
second flogging nugh wise than
the first one.
"One of the hardest features to
bearwas the anticipation," said the
Warden. "For a full month after
his first flogging ho had' to look for-
ward to the present one. Itis the
only way to reach such people as
wife -beaters and assaulters of child-
ren. They are more animal than
human, and it requires a painful
experience to have any effect on
them. Grelish leaves the prison
two weeks frotn to -day, and he will
think twice before he attacks an-
other child."
Afterwards Deputy Warden
Logan conducted the members of the
press through the prison, showing
them •the men at work in the differ-
ent shops.
BLOODY BUILDING.
Two friends are walking along the
street. One of them pointi'rug to a
house says : 'There's a beautiful
Inc* but it's enou_h to make a
man sad to look at it.' '\Vhy sol'
'Ott accurst of its history; for despite
its calm and serene surroundings, it
was built upon the groans, teare.
mailings and blood of widows, or-
phans, old men and struggling
widows.' 'You don't say so. Was
it built by a railway monopolist 1'
•'Oh, no; by a dentist.
NOT MR.. RT.AKE'S SHIRT.
Dir. Donald, the kindly old school-
master of , Boghead, used to give
free teaching to the farm servants of
the district during the winter even.
iugs: The dominie was an enthusie
astie admirer of Socrates, and
thought the best mode of teaching
the adult mind was by asking and
inviting questions, as his toaster did.
Anong the -pupils was William
Thoa,son, better ktrown as •Stuky
Wulf,' a young Ulan whose gross
stupidity and conceit made him a
troublesome pupil. One night Mr.
Donald was endeavoring to teach
the rudiments of natural his -
history, and after going over the
main facts •hy :aiked : 'Noo, Well
'1'ainsou, what's next to man in the
scale t' 'His shirt !' answered.
Wuli, complacently. 'Ye stupit
blockhead, didn't I tell ye it wis a
_le ast-..-usil_a_tai444-_-•.We4 -•hairnet--it:
shirt a tail l' retorted Wull, in
triunph.
•
PAT'S ANSWER.
Trip an Irishmen, and he will fall
ou his feels ; corder haul, and he, will
jurup over your head ; question him
upon a subject of which lie is ignor-
ant,, and his answer, though it is not
a reply, will enable him to retreat
with his flag flying. An 'Irishman
who wished for position as lettere
carrier irl one of our Large Citi('S,
.vent before the Civil Service Board
for examination. I -I44 appeared
wearing a careless air, US cue about
to go through a mere formality.
"What is the distance, Mr...lt•rho-
nty, h.,t,veen '.Curuut) and Coonsuut-
temple 1" nslted the chairman.
"\Vat's the distance • het wean
'Toronto and that h.eithen city?" said
Pat, "Well, sur; if that's to be my
route, I withdraw [try application."
0:10 of Plat's count re 0100, having
served in the ilulifeN ,vv"„u•d in
a subordinate positie,,,, a.l;.,d to be
promoted, inutile that he would not
object. to going to sea, if lie could
he assured of a gold berth on a man-
of-war. hle, to'), was invited to
Appear before the Examining
Board.
"Tr. ltullione," asked the chair•
MITI. "If you were in the China Sea,
end the Ship ander full sail was
going ton knots tea hour, and a 11111))
should fall overboard, what would
you iio?"
Promptly came the answer, with.
net n shadow of perplexity appear.
in, on elelhnne's filen "If I was in
the China Seas, under the circuit),
stances, -yrs name, anti a men should
fall overboard, I think I'.1 write: to
1)15 friends Haat he was drownod.
H TNTIEP TSE DQQ.
Air, Bollinger, whao ivea oy, the
¶welch street. is Dna, or the kindest
hearted men in Sioux Falls, jays the
Dakota Bell. Nothing touches him
eo quickly as the sufferings of a
poor dumb beast.
A few days ago a couple of men
were travelling overland in a
"prairie schooner," anchored their
craft on some vacant lots back of
Mr. Dollingor's barn. They had
conte from Missouri and wers going
up into Mouse River country and
stopped in the city for rest and re-
laxation. They picketed out their
mules, and every day went down
town.
Every time they went away they
Daft a large, lean, meek and soi•row-
full.ioking dog chained under the
wagon. He was not one of these
savage appearing dogs, with his
forelegs wide apart and nose in the
air, but seemed mild and gentle
and accustomed to butter things. Ho
had a tender grey eye, a weak and
undecided lower jaw, aud a narrow
chest, that gave him the appearance
of having consumption. He hud a
procession of ribs ou Dither side
like a picket fence ; he never barked
or growled, and eolnetimos he would
cough with a hollow, consumptive
sound and hold a forepaw up in
front of his mouth in a way which
convinced Mr. 1)ollinger ho had
boon used to good society.
"I believe those fellows stole
that dog somewhere," said Mr.
Dellinger to Mrs. Dollingor. "Ho
is some good old family dog that
they have enticed away from home
and aro dragging around the couutry
with them.
"That's just what I think," she
replied. "I noticed the poor thing
to -day under the wagon all alone.
What a slender nose and high fore-
head it has."
es, an alto 1 a In eye.
There is a great difference in doge,
but it all shows iu their eyes.
Anybody could see that this dog
wouldn't harm a child just by his
eye I have thrown him feed
several timer; lately."
*But don't you think the poor
thing ought to be untied -so it can
ruu around and get some exercise
and play with the •other dogs a
,little 1"
"I never thought of that—I be-
lieve I'll go right out and let it
loose, and see it express ite grati-
tude by playing around me."
So Mrs. Dollingor wont out to
the wagon. The dog waged his
tail feebly and the lid of his left
eye kept drooping down as if he
had lost control over it.
"Poor doggie !" said- Mr. Doll-
iuger, as he reached clown and un-
snapped the chain from the collar,
"poor doggie, I'll let you loose."
rho dog turned part way around
when he found he was at liberty,
but dud not seem inclined to leave
the wagon.
"Poor thing, you've been tied so
long that you don't kuow } w to.
play," said Mr. Dollinger. • Then
he noticed that the end of thechain
was on the ground and pickedit up
with the intention of Putting it on a
rgBolco of a whe.cl_so. it wouldn't get
rusty. When he first started to
rise up again he thought a
alligator had crawled up without
being soon and taken 'hold of the
calf of his leg. He was confident
that he could heal', the 'bones crack-
ing. Then he thought of the dog.
He -managed to look aroundwitl)
one,oye and he saw that it wet the
dog. •
"Tlte•pdo'r thing is trying
with you," called furs. r
from the back fence.
"Don't I know it 1" as he
blood begin to run into h
Ile worked himself slowly
and the dog's forelegs remained.
planted firmly-, but his ilea
with \1r. J)uiliugeer's leg
body raised up ;1 little anduwung
around i11 a11 opposite
with little jerks.
"Nine doggie I Nice;
land he reached down his
"That's a nice doggie—let
we'll run and have soiue fu
This idoa seemed to plc
clog and ,ho lot go and they,
Mr. Dellinger started for th
but tl,o dog headed h i n1 utT t
bounds and chased (lint b,(
the wagon, all tllo time
with a voice that sounded a
came out of to Cave that 11
under the ground to the N
State Line.
"Don't, go near tlto ,war
ion
you're trying to steal
thing !" screamed \irs. 1)olli
She elimbed up op the fence.
Mr. Dollingor wasn't going
it, the dog heads 11110 off
'Then Mfr. 1)olIinger 131-6 er
a circle and the (log 14:111)041
from All sides at once.
g
1
ll
s
10
n
FloridaI
n
a
to play
)ollinge
felt the
1s :41100
around
elnii110(
d scatula
!d' his
direction
tluggio�!'
s hand
go and
use the
ran
e fence
with two
beck past,
barking
s if 11
u 1);(011
Nebraska
on ; he
sotue-
ngnr, ns
hoar
again,
1(111(1 in
et
hill
Once he fell down and the (log
tore along over hint and theta d51110
back at hint as ire gut up and start-
ed the outer wey. i
f
And \fr. Dellinger stood on the a
fenca.'and screamed for help. The
neighbors came out around their
back door and smiled, au4;..a man
on a load of hay with a pitchfork
in each band stood and yelled ;.
Fight hits ! Why in blazes don't
you turn round and fight him 1"
"Look him in the eye!" yelled a
Ivan who had beaten Mr. Bollinger
in a lawsuit the day before.
And all the time the dog was
right up next to Mr. Dellinger,
biting pieces out of his person and
trying to bark louder than the mules
were braying or Mre. Dellinger was
screaming.
Then the dog got hold of his
coattail and Mr. Y)olliuger started
across the lots for his fence again
with the dog streaming out behind
three feet .from the ground and
barking out of both corners of his
mouth. Just as he passed the
wagon two tall, rawboned Missour-
ians cultic) up on the trot.
One of them said ; "Bill the
sneak has boon tryiu' ter steal socia•
thing ! Sic hitt, Tiger
"Ye bet he has ! Count the
things an' see if the hose -thief got
anything while I pepper him !"
and he jerked a double-barrelled
shotgun out of the front of the
wagon. "There, take that!" and he
blazed away first with one barrel
and then with the other, but not
till Mr. and Mrs. 'Dollengor• had
disappeared around oither corner of
the barn.
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WHY THE SEA IS SALT.
A CIIRISTMAS LEGEND OF' THE I3IA01-
• NATIVE NORSE PEASANT.
The Norse peasant, in his popular
tales has a curious solution for the
oft risked question. ''Why is the
sea salt 1" It appears that, once
upon a time, lung ago, there were
two brothers, one rich and the other
poor. Nuw it happened on Christ,
utas eve that the poor one had not
so much as a crumb of bread to
eat, so he went to his brother for
1 e
a•
con, at the same time bidding him
go to a certain evil magician, On
arriving at the magician's house he
was surrounded by a host of per-
sons anxious to buy his flitch.
"Well," said he, "by right my
old flame and I otight to have this
bacon far our Christmas dinner, but
since you have all set your hearts
on it, I suppose you must have it,
but if I sell at all I must have in
return that quern behind the door
•
yonder."' At first the old Magician
laughed outright at this proposal,
but the "poor brother" stuck to it,
and so at last the Magician parted
with the quern. On reaching home
the clock struck 12 as bis wife
Met hitt at the door wondering
what had kept 111111 so 'orig.
"Olt !" said he, "you shall quickie
sea th cause of my delay ;" after
which words he put the quern on
the table, bidding- it grind .every-
-thing necessary for the Christmas
fare.. The wife as may be imagined
stood thuudeistruck, watching the
quern grind but dainties enough to
last tillTwelfth Day. When., how•
ever, - the ' rich h'rother saw 'on
'Christmas Day all that 'Was ou the
table he was very envious and said,
"whence have you got all this
wealth 1"
For some time the poor 'brother
refused to tell ;' but in tbe•eourse of
the day's' rejoicing he itrcau•tiously
gave .out the ,history of the magic
quern, which his brother ultimates
ly bought for X400, Before long,
however, he found that it kepton
grinding, and so alarmed was he that
be resold it to his brother for the
salve money that purchased it.
As before it soon brought renew-
ed pro-p(er•ity to the poor . brother,
which enabled -Ado) to buy a go!d-
eh hooe, the fume whereof spread
far and wide, and attracted strang-
eta front, tall parts. So one day a
stranger calve to sen the quern, and
the first question • he asked was
whether it could grind salt. "Grind
salt 1" Said, the owner, '•.I should
think se, and auytIilg e1a0 you
like."
Thereupon, 5o anxious was Ile to
buy the quern that he promised to
pity untold weelth for it. Secure of
this prize he put to sea, and when
so far off that no on". could reanh
,die le .-Aid lu the quer::--"U'rind
salt, 111(1 grind bout fast and good."
No sooeenr had he spoken than the
quern forthwith began grinding
salt, which in an amazing short
time, arose in heaps on the (leek and
thrientened to sink the vessel.
Altarrrue.l at the rapidity with which
the quern kept grinding, he entreat -
ted it. on his knees to leave oft ; but
still it went on, and before many
minutes the vessel sank beneath the
weight of salt. But the quern be,
na4(1 the water kept 4,11 grinding,
noel hene:o the snitne5s of the
warm..
DR. Low's PLEASANT Wong SYRUP
s a safe anal reliable worm remedy
or all worms afflicting children or
dnits 456 41
BROWHE t GARDNER.
8OMM WORT SUMAIEl &EitAIONs UX TEE
QAGE QF TEE LIMEKILN CLUE.
A lawyer will work harder to
break de law dan to enfo'ce it.
It am easier to govern a State dan
to boss a Sunday-skulo picnic.
De man who gives you thirteen
cents fur a shillin' will bony your
tea and coffy an pay nutiin back.
• A photegraphor Joan' allow de
deviltry in a man's eye nor de pim-
ples on a woman's face.
De mo' good clothes you kin heap
on yet: back de less your bad gram -
mer will be commented on.
De aiin of de philanthropist am
not to preserve de good eggs, but to
work de bad oues over an palm 'ern
orf agin.
De room which a man takes upon
de sidewalk is no criterion to judge
of de amount of braius in his head.
You can't hear- de jingle of gold
pieces half as fur as you kin hear
de rattle of tin pans.
De wan who announces his own
honesty sornetines Bits into Canada
wid de bodle, and sometimes he aur
caught in Detroit or Buffalo.
Let two life long friends begin
a disctlahuu as to do color of Adam's
hair or de size of Noah's head, an'
de chances for a row am fust clans.
What teen doan' know ate what doy
refuse to let go of.
Sift down do talk of de world's
greatest men, au' wheu you cum to
extract de bigotry, egotism, proju-
dice an' self-interest, you will have
to look fur do quotient wid a spy-
glass.
When a elan sots out to he purty
he mustu't blame his -hatter for any
shrinkage of his head. As de hoss-
sence oozes out de cranium has got
to contract.
Donn' worry ober de theory of
transmigrashun. • Whon you am
turned into an old white hoss an'
sot to work griudin' bark iu a tan-
nery it will be time to complain be -
instead.
Lux,' stn a beautiful sentiment, an'
do game of tln•oo-koord monto am a
swindle, but fifty people aro drown-
ed by luv for every one swiudled by
the keerds.
Iudustry am a rack iu which dar'
am always a peg to hang up one mo'
avorkin'man's coat.
When you come to lot de gas out
of a ball eon you aln suprised an' dis-
gusted at the shrinkage.
One-half de groat Men expect
-their speeches to be road by poster-
ity. an' doir debts to be paid by dein
chill'en.
THE DEVONSHIRE DIALECT'
The Devonshire dialect has many
curious provincialisms, sono of true
Saxon origin. Thus the Devonshire
man says 'thik' for that ; 'hint' for
he ; ''rot' for rat ; 'not' for gnat ;
'postis' • for posts : and '[hof' for
though. Nearly is 'anenst,' houses,
`houses ;' peas, 'peasen 'care for,
'1100 for; brittle, 'frow ;' sprigthly,
'sprack ;'•. raga, 'littocks;' clumsy
'bungetsome' angry, 'screw i wret-
clted,'unked;' hungry, `leer;' trouble-
some, 'prodigal;' and garden" 'g11en,'
To prefer is to 'moue!: ;' to garner,
to'guru;' and to bind, to 'grip.' A
mon is 'queasy' if he is sick, and
,de l dy' if he is notable. This latter
tern[ is expressive. ',Oo'It' is wilt
thos;' 'overrights' is opposite ; to
entice is to 'tole away ; to labor is to
'scrawt;'to muddle is to "vaddle ;' in
great spirits 'in great, spout; and the
child complains of his corrector that
"he do chapse of ;' he 'torments'
when he-'terrific:a ;' and he 'terrifies'
when he wishes to torment.
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDE,\T.
The Listener onCO witnessed a
very beautiful instance of seemingly
intelligent coincidences. It was at
an Easter morning 801 vice in an
Episcopal church. Upon the altar
there stood a Large cross. mule of
white carnations and other pure
white flowers. Iu the midst of his
sermon the alergyman called up the
imago of the cross, speaking of the
bloody sacrifice upon it in impass-
ioned words. As ho began to do so,
the color of the white cross of flowers
insensibly 'deepened into reel—.a
glorious red that seemed to have
fallen upon it from above. 7.'he
congregation noted the change, and
sat utterly hushed and awe stricken.
Then the clergyman wont on to
speak of the ascent from the crass to
a throne of glory, wheu the color
of the cross of flowers once more in-
sensibly changed, until it stood suf-
fused with, the loveliest of royal
purples, It was n Vision of exalted
beauty not to bo forgotten. 1Vhat
had caused tliis strange spectacle'?
Simply the advance of the sun to
such a place in the • heavens that it
shone through the colored windows
of the chancel, passing its rays fust
through a red and then a purple
pale of glass in such a way as to
suffuse the cross with the colors in
turn.—Poston Transcript "Listener"
I
W;HER.E TATE DEAD ARE .
$URI EA.
The Japanese d k with flowers
their "eternal mansions" and the
Turks perforate the monumental
slabs spread on those who shall be
seen no more, in order that a natural
growth of bloom shall spring up
through the apertures and that the
buds so nourished by the grave and
set free to the winds of heaven shall
shed their fragrance and strew their
petals around the Moslem's "city of
silence." The western traveler
gazes with deep sympathy upon the
grave of the Chinese ; it is a simple,
conical mound of earth, but over it
spread- and twino wild roses and
cover it with a mass of pure white
blossoms ; or it is crowned in simple
majesty with a tall plant of waving
green. It is pleasing to note, how-
ever, while speaking of this subject •
by way of' contrast, that in Canada,
whore formal cemeteries with un-
nececsarily large and meaningless
monuments are the rule, there is
developing a strong desire to bury
their dead where woods unfold
their massive foliage and breathe as
air of heaven, and that their bettor
taste has made the green grove and.
velvet lawn, with its beautiful
flowers, sweet as heavenly censers
breathing, more sacred so the mem-
ory of those who are goue to the
reline of peace than auy devices of
human hand.
THE LATEST PERSECUTION;
On Friday last, Mr. W. L. Odell,
who has lived in the Township of
Westminster for `nearly half a cen-
tury, and who, under the Crooks
Act, was known to keep probably
the strictest house in the county,
was summoned before P. M. Noble
for an infraction of the Seott Act.
IIo was nut charged with having sold
liquor on a certain date, but that he
had done so within three' months.
A nutubcr of names of residents of
the township were given as arties
av om the Inspector inters et to
Summon as witnesses, among them
persons who had not been in Mr.
Odell's house for five years, and
others who had not been there for
a year. Tho Inspector, however,
did not call all these persons, but
put Messrs Goo. Routledge, James
Glen, John McIntosh and a couple
of others on the stand. Those
gentleman had not partaken of any
liquor in Mr. Odell's for years, and
they completely knocked the bbt-
toul out of Williams' case.
Odell was not called upon to present
a defence, and the case was accord-
inglydismissed, But that does not
do Mr. Odell justice. Ho was put
to the expense of employing a legal
gentleman tolook after his case,
summon witnesses and other expen-
ses, but he cannot l'eceover this
from Mr. Williams or the County
Crown Attorney. Besides having
his property ruined by the passage
of the Act, ho must subunit to, this
persecution and expense just because
he has been singled out by Inspector
Williams and his constable, Nixon,
as a victim of their misdirected zeal.
When asked as to who was- the in-
former against Mr. Odell, the ans-
wer'wes, "Olt ,it was a wear neigh-
bor." And this was all the satis-
faction tho • victim of this latest
Scott Act outrage got from the In-
spector: Mr. Odell is now at a loss
to know who the neighbor is, as near=
ly everyone in the vicinity express -
•ed a very decided opinion against
the action of Inspector 1Villiams.
•
$5000 DAMAGES.
AN EX -CANADIAN OFFICIAL AWARDED
£1000 IN AN ENGLISH DIVORCE CASE.
The suit of Springett v. Sprin-
gett and Scarth has been decided in
the English Divorce Court Last week.
The petition was that of Mr. Arthur
Richard Springett, for a divorce by
reason of his wife's adultery with
the co-respondent, Mr. Robert
\rilliam Scarth, farmer, of Cundall,
near Boroughbridge, against whom
damages were claimed. The peti-
tioner, in his evidence, deposited
that he was formerly agent under
the Indian I)opartmon1 appointed
by the Canadian Government, Ile
having partly the care of the Black-
foot Indians. IIe made the' acq.uain
Lance of Ida Paley, the respondent,
at Ripon. He married her in 1882.
A fortnight after ho married Icor he
went . lo Canada, as ho hal no
means. fie was prepared to get
his wife out there as soon as pos-
sible. Ile did not wish her to come
out to him until he was ablo to re-
ceive her. IIo did not send her
much money. Itis family never re-
cognised the marriage, and they did
not make may provision for her.
At Canada he was ill for three or
four months, and this cost himn$35O.
After further evidence it was in-
timated that neither the -respondent
nor the . co-respondent would be
called. Tho only question that re-
mained was as to tliaamount of dam-
ages to bo assessed against the co-
respondent. In tho result the jury
found for the 'petitioner, and assess-
ed the damages .£1 OK His Lord-
ship granted a decree nisi, with
costs.
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