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Show History Repeats Itself. A ehnrmlng little Incident has taken place In Doctor Johnson's house, Gough Niinre. A party of soldiers visited the Mecca nnd they got a colored member of the party to read nloud from the famous fa-mous dlctlounry. Ho' did so ln excellent excel-lent style. An Inquiry revenled the fact that he was n native of Jamaica. All lovers of Johnson will remember It wns Francis Barber ot Jamaica who wns the doctor's faithful servant, to wlioui he left a handsome bequest. And Barber once went to sen. The coincidence of n Jamaican sailor reading read-ing uloud the dictionary In the old hnu wus curtulnly curious. London Dally Chronicle. |