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Shows & fairs, 1832

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Post-obits ; Or, "A Day After the Fair"

The Australian · Friday 13 January 1832 · page 3

To his Excellency Major-General Bourke. Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies. &c. The humble Address of the…

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The Agricultural Society

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 4 February 1832 · page 2

We copy the following from this morning's Gazette. We consider that the Secretaries of the Agricultural Society or the Stewards of the intended dinner, were…

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Agricultural Society's Dinner. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1832 · page 3

SIR, The worthy hostess of the Red Cow inn, in this town, Mrs. Hannah Walker, is deteimined to shew the gentlemen of tho colony, at the approaching…

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Dinner of the Agricultural Society

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 18 February 1832 · page 4

Our Agricultural Society has languished the last two or three years. The four years' drought deprived many of the means of supporting it, added to which, politics became…

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DINNER of the Agricultural Society

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1832 · page 2

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR having consented to honour the Agricultural Society with his company to dinner, at their annual dinner, and to become…

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The Agricultural Society

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 22 February 1832 · page 2

We have been considered enemies of this Society. We confess, that though friends to its principle, we have considered we had just occasion, as public writers, to…

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The Winning Horses. "A native grace, Sat fair proportioned on her polished limbs. Thomson

The Australian · Friday 20 April 1832 · page 3

Chancellor is a young horse of consider, able promise—sire Steeltrap; dam Minto On Wednesday he even surpassed expectation; but it was quite out of keeping, after…

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Select Poetry. John Day. a Pathetic Ballad. (From Hood's Comic Annual for 1832.) "A Day after the fair."—OLD PROVERB

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1832 · page 4

John Day he was the biggest man Of all the coachman-kind, With back too broad to be conceived By any narrow mind…

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The Exhibition

The Australian · Friday 15 June 1832 · page 4

So une day, now let's away, we wait for your decision; Come, shall we go, say yes or no, to see the Exhibition?…

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John Day a Pathetic Ballad! "A Day after the Fair!"

The Australian · Friday 22 June 1832 · page 4

John Day he was the biggest man Of all the Coach-man kind, . with, back too broad to be [?] By any [?] mind…

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Fairlop Fair

Hill's Life in New South Wales · Friday 6 July 1832 · page 2

This fair is held in Hainault Forest, under an old tree, on the first Friday in July, every year, that is to say, it was held this day at the artipodes, which…

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A Day After the Fair

Hill's Life in New South Wales · Friday 13 July 1832 · page 4

John Day he was the biggest man Of all the coachman-kind. With back too broad to be conceived By any narrow mind…

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The Editor's Miscellany. "A multif[?]rious sum Of Whims and Oddities':—'THE Doctors's Study' To show the crude conceits of every body:— An OMNE-GATHERUM." Soir[?]e III

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1832 · page 4

EDITOR. No more "Eclogues," Mr. Juvenal:—it wont do. Numbers of our most respectable friends,—and these, too, ladies,—our heart swells when we think of…

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The Editor Miscellany. "A multifarious sum Of Whims and Oddities:'—' The Doctor's Study' To show the crude conceits of every body: An OMNE-GATHZRUM." Soirée IV

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1832 · page 4

EDITOR. What shall we say to the public? Our friend JUVENAL, in consequence of the cavaliership of our late treatment of him, has declined all further connection with…

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The Editor's Miscellany. "A multifarious sum "Of whims and oddities':—' The Doctor's Study' To show the crude conceits of every body:— An OMNE-GATHERUM." Soirée V.

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1832 · page 4

EDITOR. The public will hereafter be better acquainted with Doctor Nathanael Short. We are naturally averse to enter into any explanation, or to make any…

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The Editor's Miscellany. "A multif[?]rious sum Of [?]Whims and Oddities':—'The Doctor's Study,' To show the crude conceits of every body:— an Ommi-gatherum." Soirée VI

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1832 · page 3

SHORT. You must see the lady yourself Doctor. Miss PRATTLE will not consent to transact business by proxy. EDITOR. Our 'STUDY' is too much in…

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The Editor's Misce[?]lan[?]. "A multifarious sum Of 'Whims and Oddities':—'The Doctor's Study.' [?]o show the crude conceits of every body:— an Omni-gatherum." Soi[?]e VII

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1832 · page 3

DOCTOR NATHANAEL SHORT. Understanding that the Zebra is about to proceed to Trincomalee, I think, Doctor, you ought to take De Quirosville's opinions upon…

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The Editor's Misce[?]. Soir[?]e VIII. " A multifarious sum Of 'Whims and Oddities':—'The Doctor's Study.' To show the crude conceits of every body:— an Omni-gatherum."

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1832 · page 3

DOCTOR NATHAN. It requires a proper share of resolution, Doctor, to attend your Soirée on such a night as this. Had our talk about East Indian Nabobs and their…

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The Editor's Misce[?]lan[?]. "A multifarious sum Of ' Whims and Oddities':—'The Doctor's Study.' To show the crude conceits of every body:— an Omni-gatherum." Soirée IX

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1832 · page 3

EDITOR. The weather must have put another spirit within thee to-night, right trusty cousin. The cloud has passed over. The partial derangement of the sky is…

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The Editor's Miscellany. "A multifarious sum Of 'Whims and Oddities';—'The Doctor's Study,' To show the [?]rude conceits of every body:— an Omni-gatherum." Soir[?]e X.

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1832 · page 3

NATHANAEL.—You are blamed, Doctor, for your much wordiness upon various occasions. Your Latin, and pedantry, and occasional personalities,…

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