An Editor's Mistake.
( The editor of a weekly journal lately lost two of his subscribers through accidentally departing from the beaten track in his answers to correspondents. Two of his subscribers wrote to ask him his remedy for their respective troubles. No. 1, a happy father of twins, wrote to inquire
%he best way to get them safely over their teethiDg, and No. 2 wanted to knoft how to protect his orchard from the myriads of_ grasshoppers. The editor framed his answers upon the orthodox lines, but unfortunately transposed their two names, with the result that No. 1, who was blessed with the twins, read in reply to his cjuery, " Cover them oarefully with straw and set fire to them, and the little pests > after jumping about io the names a few minutes will speedily bo Bettled." Whilst No. 2, plagued with grasshoppers, was told to " Give a little oastor oil »ud rub their gums gently with a bone riDg."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 49
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160An Editor's Mistake. Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 49
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