Materfamillials (finding the new nurse deep in a sensation novel) : " Surely, nurse, you can't nurse baby and read at the same time !" — Nurse : v Oh, lor', yes, 'm. She doesn't disturb my reading a bit, 'm !" Adjustment. — Our Stationmaster (to Old Jinks, whom he had kindly provided with a foot-warmer on a journey down the line to see his sick daughter) : 1 "Well, did you find the benefit of it Master Jinks i" Old Jinks : "Oh aye, thankee, Mr. Green ! Tha' there box o' hot water tha' wer 1 uncommon' comfortable, sure-ly ! I sat on ora' the way, an' tha' did warm me up rights, I can tell cc !" Those who have tried it confess that a large healthy mustard plaster worn at the back contains more heat than a heavy overcoat.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1337, 3 June 1881, Page 2
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