A WARNING TO BACHELORS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 907, 21 January 1882, Page 3

A WARNING TO BACHELORS.

One of- the speakers at St Saviour’s Church gathering the other evening gave ai an instance of how necessary women are to the comforts of men, the fact that he and an illustrious statesman of New Zealand had failed in an. effort to make tea. Recently, somehow, everything. Leems to us to tend in the direction of bringing about the union of our youth and beauty in the bonds of matrimony. A concatenation of circumstances seems to us to point out to young men the desirability of changing bachelosdom for the bliss of wedded life. What a strange coincidence that at the very hour the above memorable wo T ds weije spoken in the Volunteer Hall in Ternuka, in Timaru two bachelors were suffering for the persistency with which they have hitherto resisted' tlje blandishments of the fair sex. Last week th.ey ; put their heads together and resolved, ■ to.. ‘‘ bachelorise.” They ( selected a cosy little place, furnished it suitably to their own tastes, and came to live in it last Wednesday evening. Amongst the articles of furniture was a new teapot, in which they made tea, a greater degree of success crowning their efforts in that direction than the New Zealand statesman was able to achieve at our recent tea meeting. Shortly after having partaken of a substantial meal both began to feel uncomfortable, and their uneasiness increased to a degree that necessitated the calling in of a medical man. The doctor told them the cause of their ailment was that either their kettle their teapot had not been properly pre-

pared for use, when they got their tea ready in it, and gave them such medicine as was suitable to their complaint. They have since recovered from their illness, and their first conversation yesterday morning is said to have been “ Jack we’ll sell these things again, and give up bachelorising;” to which Jack’s friend replied, “I’ll buy you out,” and it is supposed the meaning of the latter’s words is that he intends taking into partnership a fairer mate. In this there is a solemn warning to bachelors and let us hope they will profit by it. It is far better for them to live in blissful ease with the. idols of their souls and tbo object of their affeccions than run, the risk of poisoning themselves with tea made in new teapots.