Expressive.

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Expressive.

Thus a Masterton resident in acknowledging four eases of pears purchased for him at an auction sale not a hundred miles from Napier:—" Thanks for pears. P.N.'s herewith. They are the best ‘ keeping’ pears I ever clapped eyes —they are firmer than rock, and concrete is a fool to them. I’ve made about fifty attempts to sink my teeth into one of them, but have miserably failed each time. I then tried to make a dent in one with the axe. but struck fire instead. P. succeeded in getting a chip off one of his and was foolish enough to try and swallow it. It nearly eut his throat on the way down. They would make a splendid masons’ plumb bobs—heavy, well shaped and exceedingly durable.' My little girl is using them for tops, so'it is satisfactory to know that they serve some purpose.”