A Scolding Woman. —The barbarities of the ducking-stool for the cure of scolding women, though abolished by law, are now oftentimes practised by a kind of social barbarity none the less reprehensible. Women scold only when they are ill. Instead of blaming them we should prescribe hop bitters. The entire system will undergo a genial pleasant change. T; e nerves will be quieted, and acerbity cf word and thought will give place to amiability and affection. Healthy women do not scold or fret. Bead. An attempt was made to dock the steamship Triumph at Auckland harbor on Friday, but she grounded off the dock. Ths propeller has been removed, but owing to the tides being bad it is doubtful if the attempt will he successful at present.
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Western Star, Issue 870, 13 August 1884, Page 3
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