Yankee Humour.
WOULDN’T MATVEY IN HASTE. In one of Michigan’s interior towns live a couple known as the " Siamese Twins.” They are always together. No one in the village ever remembers seeing one unaccompanied by the other. They go to church together, they split wood together, they walk the streets together, and (they fight together. Not long ego, after a severe battle, a gentleman said to thie feminine twin ■. “ Sarah Jane, why do yon pummel your unprotected hnsband so ? Think how bad yon wbnld feel if he wonld die.” "Ob,” said (Sarah Jane, in a tone that showed the matter was settled in her mind, "we ;will die together. We made that arrangement when we wexe-married. Yon see John Henry was married before, and seven days after bis first wife died he oame to me apd asked me to marry him. * John Henry,’ said I, ‘ yon ought to be ashamed of yourself. Only seven days a widower. Yon should at least have respect enough for your late wife to wait a reasonable time. Come back ten days after the funeral.and I’ll marry you.’ And I did.”
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Patea Mail, 31 August 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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186Yankee Humour. Patea Mail, 31 August 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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