The widow of a- farmer was being consoled by a neighbouring farmer, who. happened t'o be a widower. V l,eel u £> woman,”' he said. “Ye’re young yet ■on'! good-lookin', an’ you could soon get another husband. ” “Oh, n0, .n0,, s' l c replied.‘ "Who would take me? Why, if t had a better pair o’ boots on Id run away wi’ ye niysel’ !’’ said the widower, gallantly. The widow, lifting her b'ue and wiping her eyes, said, earnestly, l wonder would John s fit you? At a .village church a couple were being married. The clergyman asked, “Ts there i.ny impediment why you should not be joined together?” Thp young man, replying seriously, said: 'Tin all right, but Martha lisps a hit.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 20 July 1929, Page 10
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