35 GOOD LITTLE ROBIN. 11 tears in his eyes, that he had ever tasted a drop of any such thing; but finally confessed, that he had been sucking tea, as he had often seen his mother do, from the nose of her teapot, upon the upper shelf. Farmer Wild, in spitpof his wife’s remonstrances, took down the teapot, and examined its contents, when the whole matter easily unravelled. The farmer, scolded ‘ins wife, for her habit of drinking -punch in die morning; and she scolded^ier husband, for his habit of drinking rum, at all hours of the day. The presence of Dr. Diver ‘ appeared to have little influence, in abating the violence, or softening the acrimony bf the family quarrel; and little Dick w’as quite willing to be spared, by both parents, though at the expense of a broil between themselves. As soon as Dr. Diver had carefully wiped and put up his stomach-pump, he took his leave, cautioning - ’-tde Dick to avoid taking his tea so strong for ^ie future. The doctor was not only a skiL- ul physician but a prudent man. It is fortu- ate for the peace of every village in the land,
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