They have a serenading club in Burlington. An old gentleman who knew that they wore coming to play something under the windows of his heiress daughter, engaged another instrument to play something, and return the serenaders' compliment. The old gentleman's “ play something ’’ instrument was a steam lirc-cnglno. One of the serenaders exclaimed, seeing what was coming round the corner, “ There's the hose—there's the hose !” and ho ran off ; the other serenaders looked up at the window, expecting to catch a sight of a different kind of hose; they thus presented a full and innocent target, and the water played a fearful tune with them. They have not been out serenading since. This spelling school /iirore has boon of great help to at least one Detroiter. He had boon courting a girl for three years past and hadn't the courage to speak his mind. As they were seated on the sofa the other night she referred to the spelling school excitement, and added, “Matrimony is an awful hard word to spell, Isn’t it ?" Ho leaned over, grasped her hand, and tlio next morning ho had arrangements made to bo married on the fourth of July.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4494, 14 August 1875, Page 3
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194Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4494, 14 August 1875, Page 3
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