A USE FOR EVERYTHING
[ A Border farmer, whose 'practical mm * n< l , soared above a taste for things beautiful,, had the good or bad fortune to marry a ; wife who brought with, her a wooden substitute for one of her nether limbs. Q» being remonstrated with on the exercise of his choico, John answered his questioner in a manner that showed he had the shrewd utilitarian character of a Scotchman. "Hechj sire," cays he, "it maybe noa vera bonnie thing to marry a woman wi a wooden leg, but, man, she'll be awfu ueefu at Bettin' time when I'm puttin" doon nay Q&bbagee. ueeps, or tatties. She can gang in front an* dibble the hole wi her Btunap, while I come ahint an' put in the seed, '
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 6
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127A USE FOR EVERYTHING Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 6
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