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Western Star, Issue 833, 9 April 1884, Page 3

SOLD AGAIN.

One day my father he was a reading the “ Evening" Post,” an all to once he give a long wissel and said he be gum dasted ! Then Uncle Ned he looked up and sed, “ Wot is it ?” an my father he spoke up a other time an said, “ By cracky, that’s the offlest I ever heard of! ” My mother she come up, and me an Billy arid missy, that’s my sister, for to see what was up, hut my father he was so excited that lie stride up sudden and his spettacles fell of, and he cudeut see lo read wot he wonted to til tha}- was found, and all the wile he kep sayn, “Its jest wot 1 ben expecktin,” and, ‘T tole you it wnde have to come,” an, “We are in for it,” an all sech speeches, like he was W'immen fokes, cos wirmnen aint got no thinkers, only jest lookers. Birne by, wen mother had put the spettacles on his nose, be form ti e place agin and begun for to read, “ The war broke out again ! The solid South in balle j array ! The Demcrats advancing onto | New York! The nashnle eaprtlle in' fiaraes ! Slotler of Congrbs ! Dredfle massker of colord peoples in Virginny ! Ten thowsan United Stales troops shot dead in their tr acks ! ” Wen my father he had got that faille see it" was a advertisement of a pattent tooth brush arid a close pin combine!, and all at once he stopi readin and got red like fire, and then he coffed, and after a wile he wiped his spettacles, and then he stuffc the paper in his pocket and sed to Uncde Ned, “ Edard, you better stay here and look after the wirmnen and childen, wile I go and notify the coroner.” And then my father he went out and slaved away a week.