A lover who had gone to' make a home for his “birdie,” wrote to her; “ I’ve got the finest 320 acres ever I put my foot down on.” Birdie wrote back : “ Suppose you get another selection, John, so that you can have a lawn around your foot.” John made a home, but Birdie never went there. “ The strongest property in a woman’s nature,” says a careful student of the sex, “ Is to know what is going on, and the next thing is to boss the job. The hte Rev. Dr Symington, not feelling well one Sabbath morning, said to his beadle, who was a “character” — “ Man, Robert, I wish you would preach for,me the,day.” “ I canna do that,” promptly replied Robert; “ but I often pray for you.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2579, 27 June 1881, Page 3
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