It is odd that a lamp-post with its lamp taken away is a lamp-lighter.
Consoling.—John Anderson of Indiana, didn't win the prize at the spelling match, but he licked the man who pronounced the hard words, and that was consoling.
An American farmer sent to an orphan asylum for a boy that was smart, active, tractable, prompt, industrious, clean, pious, intelligent, good-looking, reserved, and modest. The superintendent wrote back that unfortunately they had 1 only human beys in that institution.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18770120.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2509, 20 January 1877, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
80Untitled Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2509, 20 January 1877, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in