DIRECTED TO THE WRONG LAMP POST.
•Mrs OBrien— 4 Sure, Mis Flaherty, an' it's a foine thing to have a post office in the lamppost, I be thinkin'.' > Mrs Flaherty—* .Then it's wrong ye are, Mrs OBrien, for I foind it* a bother entirely, ' 'An' for why? I'm sure it's the natest thing in the world to be drappin' yer letters into the post.' ■ > • Vis ! But it's not so aigy gittin' 'em out. I've knocked on this box ivery blissid day .since. ib was put up, thinkin' to hear from me ould mither, ,but never a word comes out.', ', •-< « ' She may have directed her letther to the wrong lamppo.b, Mrs Flahorty.', ' The saints be praised ! An' I niver would a thought o' that) same. V\i .write r again, for! niver tould, her the post was painted green, wid a corner r chipped qfi\of . it}, .Thank ye^pm^.! • -
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 6
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146DIRECTED TO THE WRONG LAMP POST. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 6
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