Extremes.
"He spent 233 years in the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carbineers) and commanded that famous regiment in the Boer War."—Evening Telegraph (Dundee).
"Sergeant ——, who is 2 years of age, is married, and has two children."—Same Paper, same date.
"Mr. S.J. Rodrigo, Vidane Aratchy of Kotahena, who was bitten by a made bog on Sunday, left for Coonoor last evening by the Talaimannar train for treatment." —Ceylon Independent.
But why make bogs if they are so dangerous?
From a shoemaker's advertisement:
"ROUGH BOYS WELL LEATHERED."—High River Times (Alberta, Canada).
The good old slipper has not outlived its usefulness.
"To all anonymous correspondents who have recently written to me I have the honour to reply that they are all blackguards."—Advt. in Ceylon Paper.
Though we ourselves should have waived this honour we are in full sympathy with the writer.
