SIGNS OF SPRING.
"John,” said a lady to her gardener, the otter morning, ‘‘there’s a welcome change in the weather ; it's not so cold to-day.” " Yes, mum, you’re right, mum; there is. But I knew that ‘afore I got out o’ bed.” ‘‘lndeed! You don’t have a barometer in your bedroom, do you?” “No, mum, not ’xactly; but I knew it all the same.” " How, John ?” " Well, yer see, mum, when th’ frost is ou, th ’ fleas don’t bite; but larst night th ’ pesky varmints sorely nipped me, and I knew right well there was a change in th ' weather. ’ ’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 22 August 1907, Page 4
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100SIGNS OF SPRING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 22 August 1907, Page 4
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