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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 697, 2 December 1876, Page 5 (Supplement)

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A mm ii hit ewia?e w»* ridln? alo-Jjj ; Mia « .ylv-dretfced wife by his eiie ; In ttntins and Ucc3 sa« looked like » quten. And bo like a king in kit prid* A wojd-snw/or stood on th»«treet at th*y ptuid ; Ths o*rrl»g i and con )le ht eynd, And a ltd « bo worked with » »»w on hit log : I wish I wm rich and oculd ride. The wan iq hii carriage t %id to bla wife One tlnnf 1 would giro if I could— I would cive all my T7e*lth tor tUo itrongtli and beilth Of the man who is lawin; wood

Somebody having stated that the Woman's Pavalion at the Centennial is illosved to get very dirty, the ' Rochester Democrat ' askes in indignant tones if one can strike for fredom and do housework at the same time. The sexton of a parish chirch in county Armagh was about to loso his wife. Sli<> begged him to bury her in Tyrone, among her own kindred, forty miles away. ' Indeed, Peggy,' said ho ' I'll thry ye here first ; but if ye give ony trouble I'll take ye up aud bury ye in Tyrone.' Jones is suing for a divorce from his wife, who has deceived him. He could not help, at ler discovering her guilt, rating her soundly for it. ' Tlie idea,' she baui, bursting iuto tears. ' The idea of treating me so brutally, when I had given mysdf so much trouble to keep you from knowing anything of ie so as not to worry you ! And this is the thanks I get !' BusLlul spooney (on Inn honeymoon) : ' Larry, my wife and I have both noticed that the towns people stare at us very hard 1 hope you haven't been telling anybody that we are newly married ?' Larry (the faithful factotum) : 'Me tell 'cm snr ? I, it likely old go agiu ray cipres i or Jhers ? Why, vrhinever anybody tbryed to pump me, sor, o'ive towled 'em you wasn't married At ftll.'