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longer to me this mornin or else aw thowt soa. 



Weel, awm sure my wife snoord itli neet more like a donkey rawtin nor owt 

 else; — a'l tb first thing awr Isaac axed me this moriiin wor to buy him some panuiersso 

 as he could be a mule. — Butwhat are we to do wi yond tother pairtoth leg ? 



Oh. we muu bury that. — Noa moor truck wi that, — an aw thiuk wed better ax 

 some advice abaght them ats etten tother, forit wod be a doo if theyd to start of growin 

 tails or summat. — Thers no telling. 



They wor boath on em terrified aght o ther wits, soa they left ther wark an 

 went to see owd Hanson ats varry skilful i heearbs, an, they telld him all abaght 

 it, an axed him if he thowt it ud mak ony difference to them at had etten it? 



Noa, he says, considerin what sooart o fathers they have, it hardly con mak 

 mich difference to th childer and if th wives get rather unruly, yo mun try an bridle 

 em a bit; — but if yoll act o my advice for th future, yoU let that alooan at doesut 

 belang to yo, — for yoll alius find at owt gelten dishonestly is sure to breed more trouble to 

 yo, nor what th loss 11 mak tn them yove taen it throo ; — soa goa hooam an bear 

 i mind at honesty is the best policy, an if owd Laboiis donkey has towt yo that 

 lesson it hasnt deed for nowt. 



They went back to ther wark, bnt somha or other its getten aght, an they say 

 owd Hanson telld, but be that as it may aw co.nsid,-r they wor reight sarved, an 

 aw dooant think they 11 show up at th Cock. 



Well aw niver heeard sich a tale i all my life said Zantippa, an aw should 

 think they 11 niver see a donkey withaat thinkin on it, an if soa it 11 noa daat be 

 for th best; — an noabdy owt to be aboon Icarnin when theyve achonce, an aw think 

 awve leeam'd a lesson mysen to day. 



Does ta lass ! an what is it ? 



Why, at to mak hooam comfortuble owt to be a womans fiirst duty; for a 

 clecan hearth an a cheerful fire do a deeal towards makin a cheerful heart, for when 

 a haase is upset a chaps temper gets upset, aa its better to prevent a few cross words 

 nor to try to make it up again. 



Thart a gooid lass Zantippa, — God bless thi ! — Its time to goa to bed. 



J, H., Hx. 



^\\t ^t0rmsi t>t i\u Wmitx 1865-6. 



WmcH of lis can stand iinmoved by the sea-sliore, and watch the mighty 

 billows of the restless ocean as they come thundering against a rock-boimd 

 coast? Does not a feeling of terror even mingle with the sense of grandeur 

 which seizes upon the mind ? It is only, however, when we observe the 



