I notice that; your Foxton friend is frightso rapidly th^w^^^o'rafei-^l^St^.o, writing? which Sheridan'says is such curst hard reading.*" Strange to Say, the worthy, youth attempts to «hine m a light which m so distasteful m his eyes *. but judging from his spasmodic style, it is not only "'curst bard reading to us, " but must have been , curst hard writing for him. My reverend' countryman, Father Prout, must certainly, have had our young contemporary under his microscope when he wrote :^— " It is ihe fate of every mortal who raises himself- by mother-wit above the common level of fools and dunces, to be hated by the whole tribe most cordially." '
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 19 February 1879, Page 2
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