ΤΟ My Mother-in-Law, WHOSE DISINTERESTED SERVICES IN CARING FOR MY WIFE DURING SEVEN CRITICAL PERIODS, AND LIKEWISE CARING FOR SEVEN CHILDREN DURING TEETHING, MEASLES, MUMPS, SCARLATINA, AND OTHER DISEASES INCIDENTAL TO CHILDHOOD, RECEIVING THEREFOR ONLY WHAT SHE ATE, MERIT NOT ONLY PRAISE BUT ADMIRATION, AND WHOSE LEAVING MY HOUSE, UMBRELLA AND ALL, ALWAYS AT THE PRECISE TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO MORE HARD WORK AS THE LEAST THAT I CAN DO IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT, SWEARING, HOWEVER, NEVER TO FORGET HER, While Catnip blooms, Soothing Syrup is made, And Reason holds its throne. THE EDITOR. |