EQUALLY USEFUL.
A widower had long laid siege to the heart of an elderly spinster, but finding his protestations of love met with but a cold response he solicitedthe aid of the vicar, who, after some demur, promised to do what he could in the matter. Having occasion' to visit the lady shortly afterwards the reverend gentleman went straight to the point : “Have you never thought of taking a husband, Miss ? He would be a protection here,” he remarked, his eyes taking in at a glance the valuable furniture and ornaments adorning the room. “Husband !” ejaculated tho spinster -icily. “I have three pets which together answer the purpose quite well. I’ve a dog that growls all the morning, a parrot that swears all the afternoon, and a cat that stays out' all night.” The vicar is no longer a matchmaker.
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 48, 20 July 1908, Page 2
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