THE WAY BROWN MANAGED THEM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 308, 19 April 1877, Page 4

THE WAY BROWN MANAGED THEM.

** Browny I don't know hi.w it is tliaf. yota gift* marry off as swm as tiicy scroti! enough, white nona of mine can marry." "Oh, that's simple 1 marry I»y girl* off ut* Caw buckwheat siiuw principle." ** Bat what U that; principle I I nowr heard uf it before.'' ** Well, I used to raise a good; drat of fc\lckwht?at, and it ptiaaled una Co know how to- get rid of (me straw. Nothing WeilM*at it v and it was a great Ibotih r t« me. At Inst £ thought of «, [i!;wi. i •tucked my huckwheat, si raw nicety, ami built a h%b rail fenc.> around it. My catti* »f coutsw cotuludtd tl.at it kw •©methiftg: good, and at once t«>rw down the fence and beyan to eat the straw. E clogged thetu away and put rap- the fcV-ner a ft*l* times, but the more I *lpn-vw t.iemaway tike mors anxious tiny Sweame to. eat thm etraw,, and eat it they did, l»ic o£ it* A* 0 said, I marry my gild's off *>n the-same prineiplo. Wutsw a young mutt that I «iont like begins e dling on pu\ F'rl* v 1 encourage hhn trt every way I can. tell him to come often and stay tis late a* he- pleases,, and f take pains to hint tu th«gixl* that they'd better sut timer raps f«ur hint. It works first-rate. Ut* don't make many calls,, fur the girl's trer.t him as Cootly as they can But when a young fallow that f like etmiea arwttml—a man. that I think would suit me for a sou-in-fin*—l don't twt hint make many calls beSoam I give' him to understand that he isn't wanted a-ound my house. I ted t e gKPI% to©, that they sliatt not have anything to do- with hint and give them orders not to speak to him again. Tiie plan alwaya works first-rate. Tn-e young fulks tegin to pity each other; and the ntxe thing: I fcnww is t::at they are engaged t*> li« married. When I sew that tnry are determined to marry J always give in. an I pretend to make the bust of It. Tliat's fhm way I mantge k."'