Miscellany, Oct. 12, 1959

Stable Character. In Leamington, England, when neighbors complained about the horse in her home, Mrs. Bridie O'Hare indignantly objected: "He only into drops in the kitchen occasionally to have a drink of water."

Upbeat. In San Francisco, a housewife a chiropractor and an inventor were convicted of falsely advertising a cancer-cure machine that plays Smoke Gets in Yo Eyes while it operates.

Bold Type. In Santa Fe, N. Mex., man phoned the New Mexican to ask that his engagement notice be withdrawn, was told that the item had already gone press, remarked philosophically: "Oh we I guess I'll marry her then."

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