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Show Olm on Thsrkeriir. Trom Dublin comes a letter from a correspondent commenting on our notes of a few dnys ngo on Thackeray's visit to Ireland. "There Is." says he, "n story which. If true. to I believe It to be. Is a soloeo to tho minds of Irish-men Irish-men who have found It hard to forget or forgive the 'Untile of Limerick. When on bis first visit to Ireland, Tliiickeray took n drive on a Dublin car some dlstanro Into tho country. Milestones bad recently been erected along tho roads, f, ,ii the letters '(!. I. O.,' distances being measured from tho general post oitlce. Thac ken.y wns nn-awaro nn-awaro of this nnd lu bis thirst for knowledge iisked tho carman what the letter lnentir. "liio prompt reply was, "Cod preserve iVi'oniiPll.' Thackeray Thack-eray belle ed what bo was told, but the Incident only appeared In (ho first edition edi-tion of bis book." Loudon News, |