A little boy began to keep a diary anil his first entry was:— "Got Tip this morning at seven o clock." He showed the entry to his mother, ;, nrl she said, reprovingly : ''Have yon been to school? 'Got up' indeed! Such an expression ! Does the Mill pet- up? \o. it rises!"— and she vrntdied out "Got up at seven*' and mi-mi,, "Rose at seven" in its place. TliMt nipITT the bnr. before retiring, completed the entry for Flie dav with the sentence:— " Set at- eight o'clock !" N'ative: "A young moose." Sandy: "Oh. hand yer tongue! .Tf that's a young moose. 'l'd like to see the size o' yer auld rats!"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3091, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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