" A great lie," says the poet Crabbe, "is like a great fish on dry land ; it may fret and fling, and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. Tou have only to keep still, and it will die of itself." # A story is told of a farmer who; having bought his first barometer, was more puzzled than instructed by its movements. When the sky was overcast and the rain falling in torrents, the index-hand pointed to " set fair." Losing all patience, he took the instrument into the open air, and exclaimed,; "row will you not believe jour owneye»?"
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Southland Times, Issue 1233, 5 April 1870, Page 2
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100Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Southland Times, Issue 1233, 5 April 1870, Page 2
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