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vol. title: Miscellaneous Scraps from January 1st 1878 vol. period: 1875-1878 pages in vol.: 153 |
< Turkish Superstitions (continued from page 5-10) >
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The Turkey and the Bear
A Bear having observed a Turkey on the opposite side of the Barn-Yard Fence, growled angrily to the trembling Bird, "I have an Impression that it would require Evidence to remove that you are addicted to the use of Bear's-Grease to promote the growth of your Hair, and to gratify your Lusts compassed the foul Murder of my maternal Grandfather thirty-five Years ago." "I cry your mercy," replied the timid Fowl, "but I am wholly destitute of Hair; besides, at the time of your lamented Relative's Death I was not hatched." "Well," roared the aggravated Bruin, "how dare you trespass upon my Estate, and entertain Intentions of Territorial Aggrandizement?" "Alack, good Czar," replied the unhappy Bird, "how can that be, when the Barn-Yard Fence stands between you and me?" "That makes no difference," cried the Plantigrade of all the Russias; "I am compelled to interfere for the Protection of your unhappy Christian subjects," and, crossing the Fence in force, he proceeded to occupy the Turkey as a material guarantee.
Moral.—Where There's a Will There's a Way.
Rajah Harendra Krishna
<Untitled> (The portrait of Rajah Harendra Krishna...)
The portrait of Rajah Harendra Krishna, a member of the Bengal Legislative Council, is engraved from a photograph taken at Calcutta. This Bengalee gentleman, who has the rank of Bahadur and Rajah, is the head of the Sobha-bazar family, attached friends of the British interest since the days of Lord Clive. It will be found, in the history of British Indian progress, that both Clive and Warren Hastings repeatedly acknowledged the valuable services of Nava Krishna, who died in 1797. The present Kumar Harendra Krishna, his great-grandson, has been in the Bengal Government service from 1851, and has been commended and promoted. His father, the late Rajah Kali Krishna, was one of the most eminent of Sanscrit scholars. The merits of his literary and historical researches were known in Europe as well as in his own country, and he received gold medals and complimentary letters from many high quarters. He was a corresponding member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain during thirty years.
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