Varieties.
Tho I'loasantost husbandry known to a man i« said to bo « ho destroying of weeds— a widow's weeds, by marrying tho widow. 5^ Jonathan prcsontcd himself and his intondeil to tho mlnltUer for tho purpose of being married, and being questioned if they hail boon puhlUhod, " Oh, I guess so, for I told it to Undo Bon, and ho told hla wife morcUhiui a week ago." Mkn'm'and Minnik.— An old Dutch farmer In Canada hud v Imndflomo daughter named Mlnnlo whom ho suspected of being rathur attached to a ©pruoo young elorgymim, atid ho did not like it, Hu wene to church »no night, and Boated himuolf unohtcrvcdly amonn the congregation, 'the minister, who wa« preachIng front Daniel, sth chapter, 'iflth verso, re« pouted In a loud voice (ha words of hit text — " Mono, meno, tokel, upliuraln j" upon which iho old farmer sprung to hl» feet, Hui/od tho aJTrlghtcd girl by tho arm, and hurried her out of tho church. Having reached homo ho guvo vent to his feelings in Micho woiMu ! " 1 knowd dcrc was something wrong, and now I nohwarcs to 'em,"—" Why, father, what do you mean ?"«aM the bewlldcrwl and Innocent girl, " Didn't I," shouted tho old man, striking his flats to* ffelhur, and stamping with his foot»-»" dl In't I licup tho pamon call out to you, ' Minnie, Minnlo, lioldo do parnon !' "
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 69, 3 August 1868, Page 3
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229Varieties. Star (Christchurch), Issue 69, 3 August 1868, Page 3
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