It being claimed by one of the sterner sex that man was made first and lord of creation, the question was asked by an indignant beauty how long he remained lord of creation, "Till he got a wife," was the reply. ..;'■' A young wife lately lost her husband,;wtio was about seventy years old, " But how did you ever happen to marry a man of that age?" asked one of her friends, "Why," said the young widow, "you see I only had the choice between two old men, anti/df course, I took the oldest,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 958, 24 December 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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93Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 958, 24 December 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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