Lady Warwick, who is an enthusiastic educationist, received a shock from one of her tenantp. Walking in a hayfield ons aftornoon with Lord Warwick, she noticed a a bright boy of ten or ho helping bis father to load the hay eart. ' Does not your boy attend school!' Lady Warwick asked the man. 'No, ma'am, ho don't go oftener than I can help. You seo, John's a real smart boy, and I don't want to have him spoiled with book reading ; I meau to make a farmer of him.'
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 506, 28 October 1899, Page 4
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89Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 506, 28 October 1899, Page 4
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