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COLONIAL WIVES.

The following is copied from an old newspaper as particularly applicable to colonial wives:— A live female who found the cords of hymen not quite so silky as she expected,gives vent to her feelings in the regretful stanzas below. The penultimate line is peculiarly comprehensive and expressive— When I was young I used to earn My living without trouble, Had clothes, and pocket money too, And hours of pleasure double. I never dreamt of such a fate When I, a lass, was courted— Wife, mother, nurse, seamstress, cook, housekeeper, chambermaid, laundress, dairywoman, and scrub, generally, doing the work of six For the sake of being supported.

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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1200, 7 August 1874, Page 3

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COLONIAL WIVES. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1200, 7 August 1874, Page 3

COLONIAL WIVES. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1200, 7 August 1874, Page 3

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