These eggs by a strange freak of nature are more easily obtainable in
April and May than in any other month. In fact in December they are
worth their weight in gold, and are then to be found on the tables only
of Mr. MALLABY-DEELEY, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. HARRY LAUDER and Mr. JOHN
BURNS. To-day they are anything from ninepence to a shilling each, and
in a fortnight's time they will be sixpence each, with the added
pleasure to the consumer of now and then finding a young plover inside.
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[Illustration: "BUY A PUZZLE, SIR?"]
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"On Wednesday of last week an express train dashed into a flock of
sheep being driven over a level crossing at Northallerton to-day."
_Meat Trades' Journal._
Only an express train could arrive a week early; the other ones are
always late.
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