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On Tuefdayafc JjJatterfea a number of women ran a race for a Holland finock ; ti er« was a race of a ires tor a Giver laced bat ; and leven men grinned for three pounds of tobacco, each ot the grinners having a- hoife collarround his neck. This part of the (port affo. ded abundant iKverfion. AdJifon, in the third volume-ot the Spectators, has a. mod. humourous paper on a grinning match at Colelhill, inWarwickshire, in wjiich h? introduces the bap-of. Motto’s, li Petur teirioii/' whiui hehas-uanfhted in a mannet; ecjuaUy. happy“ The frightful! ft grimier ** Ee the winner.”This was alt;flually the cafe at Batterfea. Tne (uccelsiul wry*face-mpnger has a countenancenot to be matched*, lt;*S ieaft in tjie county otSurry. Juft before the girls, (tatted lor thefmock, a temporary Itage tell down, by which Mr. Stanhope, of Greek-ltreet, Soho, had hisle« broke, and lev era 1 others weie bruited ina terrible manner.
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Edinburgh Advertiser
Edinburgh, Midlothian, GB
Tue, Apr 16, 1776
Page 10
Full Page
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Peter R.
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