ave earake anywhere.

"Our new teacher is a man. He does things for jokes. Last week he made
all us third-class boys write a composishun on what kind of a wife we'd
like to have and the girls on what kind of a husband. He laughed fit to
kill when he read them. This was mine. I thought youd like to see it.

"'The kind of a wife I'd like to Have.

"'She must have good manners and get my meals on time and do what I tell
her and always be very polite to me. She must be fifteen yers old. She
must be good to the poor and keep her house tidy and be good tempered
and go to church regularly. She must be very handsome and have curly
hair. If I get a wife that is just what I like Ill be an awful good
husband to her. I think a woman ought to be awful good to her husband.
Some poor women haven't any husbands.

"'THE END.'"

"I was at Mrs. Isaac Wrights funeral at White Sands last week. The
husband of the corpse felt real sorry. Mrs. Lynde says Mrs. Wrights
grandfather stole a sheep but Marilla says we mustent speak ill of the
dead. Why mustent we, Anne? I want to know. It's pretty safe, ain't it?

"Mrs. Lynde was awful mad the other day because I asked her if she was
alive in Noah's time. I dident mean to hurt her feelings. I just wanted
to know. Was she, Anne?

"Mr. Harrison wanted to get rid of his dog. So he hunged him once but he
come to life and scooted for the barn while Mr. Harrison was digging the
grave, so he hunged him again and he stayed dead that time. Mr. Harrison
has a new man working for him. He's awful okward. Mr. Harrison says he
is left handed in both his feet. Mr. Barry's hired man is lazy. Mrs.
Barry says that but Mr. Barry says he aint lazy exactly only he thinks
it easier to pray for things than to work for them.

"Mrs. Harmon Andrews prize pig that she talked so much of died in a fit.
Mrs. Lynde says it was a judgment on her for pride. But I think it
was hard on the pig. Milty Boulter has been sick. The doctor gave
him medicine and it tasted horrid. I offered to take it for him for a
quarter but the Boulters are so mean. Milty says he'd rather take it
himself and save his money. I asked Mrs. Boulter how a person would go
about catching a man and she got awful mad and said she dident know,
shed never chased men.

"The A.V.I.S. is going to paint the hall again. They're tired of having
it blue.

"The new minister was here to tea last night. He took three pieces of
pie. If I did that Mrs. Lynde would