The derivation of " Oof." — Is it a corruption of the auf in the phrase aufTisch, which is used by German gamblers, and which signifies that they insist upon wagered money being tabled ? Or is it de* rived from the French word amf? and does the oof bird mean a bird with golden eggs? There is a lady in the United States who promises to rival .King Henry VIII. in the number of her marital enterprises. She has j usfc married her seventh husband, who is a brother of her first and fifth. The first two gentlemen died. The third had been previously married so she relinquished him to the lady with the prior claim. The fourth was a clergyman, and his successor whs the undertaker who buried him. The sixth hus» band divorced her when he learned that he had had five predecessors. The seventh sought her out in order to make enquiries about some property belonging to his two brothers. Being (50 years old, she is believed by her friends to have arrived at almost her last matrimonial essay.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 110, 15 March 1892, Page 2
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180Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 110, 15 March 1892, Page 2
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