A traveller saw a wo/ukn take a m an by the collar, yank him up the stej»s into; a railroad car, ■•jam him down into the hot Beat next the stove, ■pilf up a yaliso and two big Iji-owin ba^ket^ with lon<e covers and long handles at his feel, shove a baby into his lap, and Hay, " Now. sit (here until I help Mary Jane on the car, and don't you move till I opine back' !',' When the woman reached the car door the traveller said I to her, "Is that mah'ydurhuwKrtnd. 1 '. , " He's-niy daughter's hufjl>and y and sheJiasn't spirit enonjfh to say her soul is her owu!" This true story teiiches us that some travellers hareh't enonsfh *ense to' diagnose a family parly when they see one.— Burlington Hawkeye.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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