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Show Paid Toll In Horseshoes. Tho shlro hall lu tho town of Oakham, Oak-ham, Rutlandshire, England, was, and Is probably now, embellished with a great number of horseshoes which had been lovlod from travelers. "If any nobleman enter precinct or lordship lord-ship as an homago he Is to forfeit ono of tho horso'a shoes, unless ho redeem It with monoy." For centuries theso thoes havo beon accumulating, so that tho walls of tho building were U ono tlmo covered with them. They wore varlod In shapo and slzo, ami many woro gilt, somo of them having 'iecn given by monarchs and prlncos; In fact, It Is' stated that a duko of ' York onco paid a silver shoo, such an Impost being duo from ovory scion ol . loyalty who rides across that country. |