A Good Cook Wasted.
>-«•♦ She had studied not philosophy., nor had dallied with theoßophy, Whioh often tries to lift the veil for just a little look ; She avoided the piano, did Mies Ann Eliza Hannah, And devoted all her intelleot to learning how to cook. With an earnest air and eeriou3 Bhe studied etews mysterious, And mastered all the processes of making wholeeome bread ; Her pics were each a poem, and she would proudly show 'em, "Ob, how luoky will her husband be!" her f rienda and neighbors eaid. But ala 3 ! for all endeavor, that forever and forever Showeth faith to be a carping fiend, of dis position cruel ; For tha fellow that she married by dyspepsia was so harried That he wouldn't let her cook a thing but toaßt and tea and gruel.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1888, 16 April 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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135A Good Cook Wasted. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1888, 16 April 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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