A fond mamma was trying to persuade her little boy to retire at sundown, using as an argument that the little chickens went to roost at that time. "Yes," says young hopeful; "but the old hen goes with them." Mamma tried no more arguments with him. A Roman emperor, having been told that one of his provincial subjects was marvellously like himself, sent for thp4i man to his presence. The emperor, who at once admitted the remarkable resemblance, asked the man if his mother had ever visited Borne. "No, never," replied he, "but my father frequently did." * *
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 148, 8 December 1870, Page 6
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97Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 148, 8 December 1870, Page 6
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