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Northern Echo 3 June 3/3: Our own ‘right little, tight little island’ en has a few of the swindlers we spoke of in a former article [...] We do not [...] allude to the ‘country flat catchers,’ as for upon the whole, they must be considered rather a meritorious race of gentlemen. Northern Echo 3 June 3/3: So if a man is such an ass as to believe that that every individual in a ‘Tommy Dodd’ hat, who accosts him in the streets of a great city, has just had money left him [etc]. Northern Echo 13 May 3/4: One of the lads [...] appears to enjoy a somewhat ‘rippish’ reputation. Northern Echo 23 Dec. 4/3: These so-called guardians of the poor [...] talk of ‘warming up poor old folks ‘collywobbles’ with rum. Northern Echo 15 Jan. 4/6: It has never appeared to yours truly a good practice to run the rule over entrants for any event. Northern Echo 4 Aug. 3/1: The football season is a very fruitful one for pickers and stealers. Northern Echo 24 June 4/5: I hand the bun to Johnny Crappo. Northern Echo 22 Oct. 4/3: The Saints worked the leather up the field [...] and the finishing touch was left to Costello, who kicked wide of the right goal post. Northern Echo 23 Dec. 1/2: When you see [our Christmas package] you’ll cry galumptious! It contains 12 Kinds of the most Lusciously Delicious Confections.