SITTING AND SETTING.
Many of the agricultural journals arc sorely troubled to know whether a hen sits or sets. If some editor of dignity would set a hen on the nest, and the editors would let her sit, it would be well for the world. Now a man, or a woman either, can set a hen, although they cannot sit her; neither can they set on her, although the old hen might sit on them by the hour if they would allow. A man cannot set on the washbench ; but he could set the basin on it, and neither the basin nor the grammarians would object. He could sit on a clog’s tail if the dog were willing, or he might set his foot on it. But if he should set on the aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there, the grammarians, as well as the dog, would howl. And yet, strange as it may seem, the man might set the tail aside and then sit down, and neither be assailed by the dog or the grammarians.
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Patea Mail, 14 May 1881, Page 3
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177SITTING AND SETTING. Patea Mail, 14 May 1881, Page 3
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