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Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 31, 5 August 1867, Page 2

_ The Stubbornrst animal. —At a discussion as to what animal of all others was the most contrary; some contending that a mule was, some a hog, some a yoke of oxen, a Dutchman, who had very gravely listened to the conversation, gave his experience:—Te mule, te ox, and te hog ish all very stubborn ; but te hen ish te stubbornest animal in te world. I had von vat vanted to hatch some eggs. I make von fine leetle nest, and puts her in, and she gets up and runs away. I den makes anoder leetle nest, and puts her on it, and her run avay again. I makes one nice leetle box, and puts it over te hen, and for all te trouble mit I have, ven I peeped unter the leetle box te hen vas settin’ standin’!" Stays were quite unknown in Russia until Peter the Great danced with some Hanoverian ladies’on his journey to Pomeania. Quite astounded, the monarch exclaimed to his suite after the ball, “ What confounded hard bones these German woman have !’’

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