A DESIRABLE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
} A great many stories have been told 'about men who had no use for their mother-lin-law; hence an exception to the general fc (rule is Very reffteShing: -C' ~f \ r \ 7,<f ' '* ■ • " I don't want fb 'heaf or'rtad'ariytnihj* " s disparaging to mothers-in-law," said a 'judge to his young friend William Peckim. i "What makes you talk; in tfiat'-eceentric ; sort of way, judge? 14 - >--*-•<->>. ■•'-: ■■-.'>■- \ : \ " I'll tell you why. My wife has jawed me : almost to death ever since we were married. (Last week I invited her mother to corrte and live with us." L x ~* T-^ k " Man alive. Have you lost your senses ?" f " Not much. You see they don't agree. ■They fight each other .all day long, and I am i enjoying a season of heavenly rest. My wife is so tired quarrelling all day with her mother, that when I come home there is nothing left over"jfbr me. v WJiy, that mother-in-law of mine is a lightning- rod.Vl'feel .perfectly safe as long as she is in the house. She is a treasure. The next man I hear \ abusing mothers-in-law has got me to fight. I only wish I had three or fpqr of -them in my house, then I'd feel perfectly safe." t
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 12 March 1891, Page 4
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207A DESIRABLE MOTHER-IN-LAW. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 12 March 1891, Page 4
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