YOU could n't write poetry to save your life . '' PETER , ASIDE TO BEVERLEY : `` She seems quite pleased . I 'm glad I wrote it , but it was awful hard work . '' -RRB- PERSONALS Patrick Grayfur , Esq. , caused his friends great anxiety recently by a prolonged absence from home . When found he was very thin but is now as fat and conceited as ever . On Wednesday , June 20th , Miss Olivia King was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to Dr. Robert Seton of Halifax . Miss Sara Stanley was bridesmaid , and Mr. Andrew Seton attended the groom . The young couple received many handsome presents . Rev. Mr. Marwood tied the nuptial knot . After the ceremony a substantial repast was served in Mrs. Alex King 's well-known style and the happy couple left for their new home in Nova Scotia . Their many friends join in wishing them a very happy and prosperous journey through life . A precious one from us is gone , A voice we loved is stilled . A place is vacant in our home That never can be filled . -LRB- THE STORY GIRL : `` Goodness , that sounds as if somebody had died . I 've seen that verse on a tombstone . WHO wrote that notice ? '' FELICITY , WHO WROTE IT : `` I think it is just as appropriate to a wedding as to a funeral ! '' -RRB- Our school concert came off on the evening of June 29th and was a great success . We made ten dollars for the library . We regret to chronicle that Miss Sara Ray met with a misfortune while taking some violent exercise with a wasps ' nest recently .
The moral is that it is better not to monkey with a wasps ' XXXXX , new or old .
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