THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.
The writer of Postscripts in the Dunedin "Evening Star," tells the following anecdotes :—" A paragraph went the rounds of the papers a few days ago about the EmpreßS of Austria milking the cows at some place in Hungary with an unpronounceable name. Fired by the Imperial example, Mrs H., one of the leaders of the upper ten in a certain metropolitan suburb in this colony, determined to go in for the high rustic business, and having gathered together an aristocratic party, proceeded to a paddock where everything was produced for display. A beautiful Alderney was bailed up, but unfortunately there had been no rehearsal, dreßS or otherwise, with this particular animal. Everything was ready. The lady took her seat on the conventional three-legged stool, unhappily on the " old leg" side for it, and commenced operations. The Alderney gave one sidekick, and the way that imitator of royalty vanished was a caution to behold. The three-legged stool was left with all its legs in the air, and the company adjourned for refreshment."
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1893, 18 March 1880, Page 3
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