They were talking of JEsop’s fables. “ zEsop was no fool.” said young Joe from Eton to Lavinia. Mrs Ramsbotham, entering at the moment, overheard this, and at once replied : “ Well, I don’t know about that. At all events, it was very wicked of him to sell his birthright for a mess of porridge.”—“ Punch.’’
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1249, 17 January 1883, Page 2
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54Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1249, 17 January 1883, Page 2
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