DRIVEN TO MARRIAGE.
An old woman of seventy married 6 man older than herself. She met the rector of the parish one day, and in the course of conversation he inquired how it was Bhe married again, and whether Bhe had given qp her occupation of washing. " Oh, no, sir," said she, pointing to her husband, who was wheeling a barrow a few paces behind. "If I 'adn'b taken e' I'd 'ad to 'ave bought) a don* key. An American professor contends that, human beings would lite three times as long as they do at the present if they would reject the " senseless practice o* booking their food."
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 103, 17 September 1901, Page 4
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108DRIVEN TO MARRIAGE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 103, 17 September 1901, Page 4
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