"Sam" said one little urchin to another, "Sam, does your schoolmaster give you any reward of merit?" " I s'pose he doeß," was the reply; "he gives me a lickia' reg'Jar ever day, and says I merit it too. " A boy of twelve years, dining at his uncle's, made such a good dinner that hie aunt obaened, "Johnny, you appear to eat well." "Yes," replied the 3 r oung urchin; "I've been practising eating all my life." (For continuation of reading matter see fourth page.)
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 58, 22 March 1881, Page 3
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84Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 58, 22 March 1881, Page 3
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