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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8768, 2 May 1890, Page 4

A GATHERING OF INNOCENTS. A unique gathering took place a few months r at;o ia one of the back State townships of America. Several fetes in honoj of golden and silver weddings had followed one another in quick succession, and a number of giddy old bachelors, not to be out of the swim, conceived tho idea of giving a ball and banquet, to which none should be invited but those who had passed fifty years or more in single blessedness Invitations were accordingly issued, a moat enjoyable evening resulced, and rumor hath it tbat more than onb yenersb'e couple have decided upon joining issue in the near future. One incident occurred, however, which tended to slightly mar the otherwise complete success of t'ae "notion." An impetuous, flighty, and fiery old maiden whose presence had been solicited — whose age for tbe past ten yearß had fluctuated in a most raarvellouß manner, between 40 and 45, but who would never own up to a day rrore taan the latter — iudignant at being invirad, set out in a cold drizzling rain to waylay and ohastiep the "mean old snake" who had fo designedly (to her mind) insulted her. She missed her game, but returned home with a severe cold, and was laid up next day with a bad attack of rheumatism. On learning the ocourrence, her wou'd-bo host hastened to send her an explanation, together with a bottle of that famouß painconqueror, St. Jacobs oil, which, as it always does, so speedily relieved her sufferings, that in gratefulness of heart she surrendered unconditionally, accpted his apology and "mirabile dictu," attended the banquet.

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