A PRESCRIPTION.
Father (to the doctor): "I am the proud father of a bonny lad of seven. He has seemed very lonely of late. I want you to tell mc the best way to amuse him."
Doctor: "Let him pull your whiskers, poke mud in your mouth, and his fingers in your eyes as you stand on your head. Teach him how to put bent-up pins on your chair, to sew up the arms of your nightshirt, and to put fish-glue and jellyfish in your bed. Try them all, and if they don't take the first time, repeat before and after meals nine times per day until he alters."
The father then left the surgery in a hurry, with a hasty good-morning
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 12
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122A PRESCRIPTION. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 12
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