Varieties.
♦ The Shastor, or Hindoo bible, forbids a woman to see dancing, to hear music, wear jewels, blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty food, sit at a window, or view herself in a mirror, during the absence of her husband. Pleasure owes all its zest to anticipation. The promise of a shilling fiddle will keep a schoolboy in happiness for a year; the fun connected with its possession will expire in aa hour. Now, what is true of schoolboys ia equally true of men. All they differ in is tho price of their fiddles. A rural Hew York youth went to claim his bride and conduct her to the altar, only to find that she had eloped and married another fellow the previous day. He didn't tear his hair any, but just remarked, "By Jove, I'm glad she was married yesterday instead of to«. day, if she's of that disposition."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1169, 16 November 1871, Page 3
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149Varieties. Star (Christchurch), Issue 1169, 16 November 1871, Page 3
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