HER EXPERIENCE.
A charming instance of logical topsy-turvydom was related by Mr P. A. Barnett in his lecture at the College of Preceptors' winter meeting. A friend of his was once remonstrating with a labourer's wife for attempting to feed an eight months old baby with some form of herring. 'Do you think I don't know how to bring up children?' replied the indignant mother, 'why I've buried ten.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 88, 15 April 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)
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69HER EXPERIENCE. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 88, 15 April 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)
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