A MAN OF LETTERS.
There is a farmer who is V's Enough to take his E's, And study nature with his I's And thmkjof what he C's. • He hears the chatter of the J's As they each other T's, And sees that when a tree D X's It makes a home for B's. A pair of oxen he will U's With many haws and G's, And their mistakes he will X Q's ■While ploughing for his P's. In raising crops this man X L's, And therefore little O's, And when he hoes his soil by spells He also soils his hoes.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 25 April 1891, Page 4
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101A MAN OF LETTERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 25 April 1891, Page 4
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