■ The young woman who fainted away was told that it would be ixxoie delicate for her to faint at home.
'"'- Little girls' believe in the-inahln-the moon 5 bijg girls ?believein the man in •the honeymoon.
A little five-year-old boy was being instructed in .morals by his grandmother. -The old: lady", told -hini that all such terms 'as "by g'^ty/' '% J in o°«" " b y thuhder,"|<fcc' were' only minced oaths, andbut little^etter than other profanity. . In fact, she said, lie could tell a profane ' oath" by the" prefix "by." All such were paths.... "Weil, then, grandmother," said the little' hopeful,^" there'is a'big oath in the newspaper-~r-'B^ telegraph ' The old lady* g v a"^e ; it' J up, : 1 the Boy is beVvildered oh morals;" '"t -•:*-:- -
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 89, 23 March 1876, Page 7
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123Untitled Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 89, 23 March 1876, Page 7
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