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Show A MAINE DEACON having buried his third wife, in due time a fourth was inaugurated mistress of his heart and home. He was a very prudent man and suffered nothing to be wasted. When the new mistress was putting things to rights, while cleaning up the attic, she came across a long piece of board, and was about launching it out of the window; little Sallie interposed, and said, "Oh, mamma, don't, that is the board papa lays out his wives on, and he wants to keep it." Nevertheless, out it went. |