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An enterprising Frenchman.

--A Paris contractor recently wagered 3000 trance, ($600,) that, in fifteen days, he would construct, in the new Boulevard de Sebastopol, a house unsingular, ground plot and five floors, with an elegant roofing, the whole is stone, brick or iron. He has just completed the hand w his bet. The building has six windows on each story; still, there is scarcely any doubt that, in most of our large-cities, many men are to be found that would do the work in less time, and then scarcely deem the achievement worth mentioning.

The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 24, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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