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She Was Prepared

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A certain minister ahvays felt it to be bis duty to give each young couple a little serious advice before be perforrned tbe rnarriage ceremony, and for this purpose he usually took them aside, one at a time, and talked very soberly to each of thetn regarcling the great importauce of the step they were to take and tbe new respcmsibilities they â– were to assume. One day he talkrd iu bis most earnest manuer for severai mmn,tes to a young womau who bad come to be married to a bright Jooking young man. "And bow," hfi said in closing, "I hope you will fnliy realize the extreme importauce of tbe step you are taking and that yon are prepared for it. " "Preparedl" she said innocently. " Well, if I ain't prepared I don't know who is. I've got 4 common quilts and 2 nice ones and 4 brand new feather beds, 10 sheets and 12 pairs of pillow slips, 4 all linen tablecloths, a dozen spoons and a good six quart teakettle. If I ain't prepared, no girl in this fcry ever was. "-

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News