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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Maids
Scandal
Tea
Sweeten

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