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Show J A Mouse in a Surplice. I We have heard of a "bee in a bonnet" and a "floa in a man's ear," but never ! until a few days since of a "mouse in a i surplice." It happened, however, that on a Sunday morning, when a parsonic par-sonic visitor was unearthing from the parish chest a spare surplice, there fell out from its folds a nest containing several sev-eral brown mice. Anent the church going go-ing mouse a capital story is told. A certain cer-tain venerable dignitary, remarkable for a profusion of wliite hair, was one day leaving bis cathedral when he thonght he felt somothiug moving under his hat. This creature he endeavored to capture, but in vain. On arriving home, however, how-ever, it was discovered that a small mouse had taken up its abode iu the canonical ca-nonical hair. Possibly this little creature creat-ure was deputed by a chapter of cathedral cathe-dral mice to plead before the benignant canon their proverbial poverty. He, they thonght, being a large hearted man, might tako their case into consideration. Pall Mall Gazette. . - ' ' 5 ' ' |