News m a Nutshell.
Occasional praise is wholesome as well as agreeable. " How can a woman tell ?" is the title of a recent poem. Humph 1 How can she help telling ? The greatest friend of truth is time her greatest enemy is ; prejudice, and.her constant companion is humility. Everywhere and always a man's worth mn4 be gauged to some extent, though only m part, by his domesticity. " What a time you've been about that egg, Mary !" " Yes, ma'am ; but the new kitchen clock has such largo minutest" A wise man ought to hope for the beet, and be prepared for the worst, and bear with equanimity whatever may hap. . A man advertised'in' a country paper ' for a woman to " wash, iron, and milk or* or two cowa." What does he , want Ins cows washed and ironed for? '■; The happy father of twins recently '. sent th" following message to n brother • m the Wosf :— " Inuneiiso joy— \yq got f.WQ twins.— mnrA havaifia,. U~ 5
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 170, 16 June 1884, Page 2
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163News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 170, 16 June 1884, Page 2
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