BRIDE FOUND
FARMER'S ROMANCE QUEST FOR HOUSEKEEPER Recovering from the shock of his wife's death a year ago, Mr Stephen Norman Mew, a 40-year-old farmer, of Moffat. Ontario, decided that a trip to England to see his old home would be beneficial. He also thought he might, with luck, find a housekeeper who would help him to look after his home and the upbringing of his two young sons. ! So, in November last he sailed for England, and while staying with his parents at Wootton. in the Isle of Wight, he advertised in a local newspaper for a housekeeper. "REALLY TOO FUNNY" As a result of the advertisement he interviewed 25 women, old and young, to whom the adventure of starting life afresh in the dominion appealed. None of them, however, made a favourable impression on Mr Mew. Then No. 26 arrived. She was pretty brunette Miss Anne Milson, 27-year-old governess, of, Croydon, London, who was staying at Ryde with her employers. Miss Milson had never been a housekeeper, but she had the urge to travel. The other day she sailed from Southampton for Canada in the liner AnMew's bride of five days, tonia, not as a housekeeper but as Mr "As soon as I saw Miss Milson I gave up all idea of a housekeeper and thought immediately about a wife." Mr Mew said before sailing. "The interview was really funny, because on my part it was love at first sight." At this point, Mrs Mew chimed in: "And on mine, too" "I saw her again," explained Mr Mew, "and on the second meeting I felt I had to propose to her or sacrifice all possible future happiness. To my surprise and delight, she said ' Yes.'
"We were married five days ago at Ryde. I have written to my boys, who are staying with an aunt at Toronto, and told them I am bringing home a new mother." Mrs Mew, holding her husband's hand, said: " Yes, it really is a romance, because, until I met Stephen, I always thought myself a confirmed man-hater.
" I don't think either of us, however, thought about the housekeeping job after the first minute of our meeting. It is going to be a great experience for me because I love the country. "Really, I have no regrets at leaving England, because I am an orphan, and have no near relatives to worry about —or worry me. Half of our courtship, as a matter of fact, has been occupied by Stephen telling me the whys apd wherefores of farm life, and it has been wonderful. "Of course, I shall not be lonely. What better company could one haye than two lively young farmer's sons to care for and train? "The difference in our ages—well, believe me, I have not thought about it." Mr Mew went to Canada 27 years ago, and now owns a thriving 100acre farm, seven miles from the nearest town.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23504, 19 May 1938, Page 12
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