The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-08-07

Marriage l. always "A solemn and often +.
Joyous event In "A mans life. even when he
binds himself Ia answer for the future
welfare OF but one woman. What then
must have been the mingled feelings of re-
sponslbility and delight experienced by
the young prince, or Thakore, a. he 4,
called. of Bhownuggur, in India. ON the
occasion OF his recent quadruple MARRIAGE
10 the four princesses kindly selected and
betrothed to him by his father, the late
ruler The State OF Bhownuggur Is about
2Oo miles from Bombay, In the peninsula
oil hattywar, rich and remarkably we'll
watered district of India.
Not long since the Prince attained his
legal majority, his seventeenth birthday.
and celebrated the occasion by his fourfold
nuptals. The brides were sent for two
weeks before, and were escorted with much
pomp and ceremony 10 the walls of the
city. just outside OF which they encamped
at the residences Of friends Indian Ell
quette did not permit them 10 enter that
city before the bridegroom should come 10
meet them. His first bride was the Prin-
cess Of Wudwan, whose father is "A power
ful chief. She is about fourteen years old.
The second was the sister OF the heir ap-
parent of Goudul, "A year older than the
first-named lady, but the wealthiest Of all
the four.
The young prince on the nupta day
rode out on thoroughbred mare 10 re-
ceiye the Princess. who came 10 meet him
in her ear drawn by bullocks. whoee horns,
we are told, were encased in gold, and
from whose Threats silver bells tinkled.
On meeting her the Prince alighted and re-
turned 10 the city in the chariot with his
bride. The bridal ceremony was per-
To
at the palace OF "A kinsman of the Thakore.
Alter the first ceremony was over the
r. ince escorted his wife home To his own
palace, and then hurried away to marry his
second bride. the Princess Of Goudul.
The stme ceremonial of course was re-
peated with every one of the brides, but
the festivities of the first day ended with
the second marriage. and he whole we'd
ding was not completed until the follow
ng day.
The third bride was the aunt of the
chief OF Nankaneer. who had reached the
mature age Of twenty-five, and the last
was the daughter of Dank nobeman,
eleven years old.
What l. most surprising l. that the
young bridegroom is said TO have been in
great spirits Notwithstanding his being 80
much married.
very handsome. and the trousseau OF
Goudul was magnificent. Its description
would make any woman envious. Ii en-
braced over five hundred silk dresses. in
Vulnerable shawls, scars. and nantes,
deliberately embroidered with thread work
OF silver and gold, gold and silver ware,
and an immense quantity of jewels and
precious stones.
Ii would appear that some surprise has
been expressed in Bombay that the young
Thakore, who had been educated under
British influence. should take such retro
grade step in civilization n this wholesale
marrying. The common saying among
Us when a man marries three times is that
the first marriage was for love, the second
for money. and the last for brains. And
in the same way this Young kattywar
ruler sought for and found beauty in his
first bride. wealth with the second, COM
parative maturity and fine intellect in
the Princess of Vankaneer. and in the last
wife girlish contrast to the third.
The difference is that instead of taking
his wives seyiatim he preferred TO take
them en- btoc.-N. y. Sun.