Even in the dour North the cann> descendants of, the Scottish planters are nbt devoid of a characteristic pawkiness. A few weeks ago, iv a wellknown market town, a number of farmers were discussing the all-important question of Land Purchase. "I hae jiae landlord noo, except the Lord Almighty," declared, with pride, a brawny planter who had bought out his farm, "an' He'll no_ evict me." "Dinna be ower 6ure," said another. "He evicted his first tenants, Adam and Eve, got o' their place, so dinna-he ower sure, dinna he ower sure, my man." Not the slightest .irreverence, was meant. It was a good impromptu, ' and the story lost nothing by the vigorous Doric of the speakers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9522, 21 April 1909, Page 1
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