A Good Lesson.
A certain pretentious shopper, after teasing tlio shopman of a millinery establishment beyond the forboaiance limit, pompously ordered a reel of cotton to be sent to her house. It was agreed that she should be made an example of, and a warning to her kind. She was surprised, and her neighbors were intensely interested, soon after she arrived at home. A common dray, drawn by four horses proceeded slowly up to her door. On the dray, with bare arms, were a number of Btnlwart laborers. They were holding on vigorously to some object which she could not see. It was a most puzzling affair. After a deal of whip - cracking and other impressive ceremonies, the cart was backed against the kerb. There, reposing calmly, cud up, in tho centro of tho cart floor, was the identical reel of thread which she had ordered. With the aid of a plank it was filially rolled, barrel fashion, to the pavement. After a mortal struggle it was up-ended on tho purchaser's doorstep. Tho fact that tho purchaser came outa minute later and kicked her property into tho gutter detracted nothing from the value of the lesson. — Exchange.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6499, 30 April 1888, Page 2
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197A Good Lesson. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6499, 30 April 1888, Page 2
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