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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 68, 26 April 1873, Page 3

It is pleasant to become a parent j twice .cs pleasant, perhaps, to bo blessed with twins; but whtsn it cornea to be triplets it is a little dubious. n irresistibly droll etory was related to «a the other day, altogether too good to be lost. Hero it is;—“There dwelt in a certain street, in a certain city, iu a certain year, a worthy German, who was presented by ids wife with a eon. Hans said to her, 4 Katrine, dnt irh good.’ A couple of years later the good woman planed before his astonished gaze a bouncing pair of twins. ‘ Veil,’ add Hans, ‘ dut vash pettcr ash dor last time ; I drinks more as ten glass peer or dat.’ But tho I'ood woman next time gave birth to triplets, and that made him ‘ ephoke mit his mouth justl » little.’ ‘ Mein Katrine ! vat ish de matter on you? Bettor you shtop di 3 piznoss fore dere come more ash a village full. I go t 9 nufif mifc 6uc.il fooiiahnesa I’ ” No later returns have been received.