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Show Cheering Her Up. Islington, which is no longer rural, was once so esteemed by medical men that they sent their patients there after severe illness. Many also went there in the iast stages in the forlorn hope that the invigorating air might restore them to health. A story related re-lated by Dr. Abernethy turns on the latter class of visitors. One of his patients engaged some rooms in Islington, Is-lington, and casually remarked to the landlady that the banisters on the staircase were very much broi.tn. "Lor' bless you, mam," said the landlady, land-lady, "it's no use to u.end them, for they always get broken when the undertaker's un-dertaker's n-en bring the coffins downstairs." down-stairs." London Chronicle. |