The Sewing Machine and the Feud

Residents of Lake Moudermir are constantly hearing strange cries resembling those of a seal. It is even asserted that one of those so-called bunyips has been seen lying on the bank of the lake, but paddled into the water before a near view could be obtained. The lake is so overgrown with weeds that a shy animal like a seal could easily find shelter there without much change of being discovered. As to the stranger caught, the fisherman promises to bring it back for an inspection of the curious. That's what I call my duck disappointment. A German statistical writer remarks that the invention of the sewing machine has enabled one woman to sew as much as a hundred could sew by hand