Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
Miscellaneous Reading.
Queer Wagers.

SOME years ago a London waterman
wagered that he and his dog would jump
from the center arch of Westminster
Bridge, and land at Lambeth together.
He leaped from the bridge, aud tue dog
followed suit, but taking it into his lead
that his master was in danger of drown
ing, the faithful fellow dragged him
willv.nilly to the shore, and by his we'll
iutentioned blunder lost the waterman
his wager.
When the false news came to England
that Sehastopol had fallen, three days
after the battle of the Alma, a party of
Sussex men drank to the health OF the
yictors at a certain inn, bat one lncredu-
lous man would not believe the glad
tidiugs, and offered to give the landlord
Il sovereign upon condition OF receiving
a shilling a day as long as the Russians
held their own. The offer was accepted,
and for many a Saturday night did the
Russian" look for his seven shillings, the
unlucky believer in the proves OF the
allies eventually paying some eighteen
pounds for his single sovereign.
An odd match came of at York III 1916
between Thomas Hodgson and Samuel
Whitehead, the question being which OF
the two could assume the most original
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with bank notes, his hat band was of he
same valuable ma ,erial. while a paper
affixed to his back told those whom it
rnOCnTppd that he was John Bull. Not
sahen. ' n"rsn ANA Win cola worn
leoho r " WaSrsnn,s trimmings were
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as il ce,toinIv ougyht to the use of his
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10 niS;4 IT ,rot tho thinG nrettv r1nar
in nv = head hafore we reached thestation
and tIybnn I cav him oct ont Of II 7 knew
n,as rirbt so T mt # on Of once
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1n"o, ~ way w frioa IN
W. 49, nno a. . CoIodnn;an HINT ,noo+
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thnm would write down fine manner in
which he meant to 90 TO the races next
dav Those who accented his challenge
wrote down their coniectures, and Rroug.
ham wrote down his intention of travel
inc in a sedan chair. a mode of convey.
ance no one had hit upon. To the races
he went an immense crowd seeing him
safely chaired to the course. The bet
was Then renewed as to the manner of his
return TO Dumfries. the acceDtors taxing
tbn;r wits To imagine the most imDroha.
HE methods of travelling. Brourbam had
calculated rnon this and won tbc double
hot hr rotpr1ing in a most chaise and
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