The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
MATRIMONIAL.
A legitimate Basiusas Carried on by an
ItnIins journal
Florence Ilaly) CIR, Boston Herald

FLORENCE tIlaly) CIR. Boston Herald.
Newspaper advertisements not unire,
auently are very interesting reading, not
TO consider their financial aspects at all. |
They are something III the line OF CON |
fession Of ones inmost feelings, wants. |
wishes, or Of expedents "to raise me
wind, not to a priests but to the "oriu
ear, thinly yelled at times ny so trans
parent medium either Of seIi-delusloll
or attempts at deception Of others, that
we cannot but be amazed at the naive
simplicity of their authors, Here IS an
example of "pcrsonal " which has Just
appeared in the annette dHnHa olr
chief paper, which may have very
occult or pathetic meaning, but READS 80
comicnlly in its apparent innocence ,lI4l
the public are TO DC forgiven If they 90
not consider it in the light Of IA joke. IT
is thus wordcd, literally TRANSLATED
"An honest, but most unfortunate man.
if, at the expiration Of fifteen days, nc
can not borrow 1000 francs, INTENDS W
kill himself. In case that some nope
md generous heart il moved to comPta'
sion by his misery, write clearly 10 no.
LcGhorn" On this basis all those
persons who are suicidally inclined mlBh'
combine to form II stock company I"
trade on the gllIibiIity OF "hoOIe, gen
erous hearts, should tins case prove ~
DE paying Investment
Here is something mc1lcr N ring from
f. Paris paper. Of interest to the lncrcaS-
inp clnSs of title hunters in ow very
democratic republic, As it Is printed u
English, it proclaims Enthusiastically uie
nationality Of the clients 1t expect" 10
captiyate. Evidently titles are becolII-
ing a drug in their home market,
and p,rchascrs must be sought, MOI
among the noble, but the lGnoble borI
Of foreign lands
"Anhonornbc English lady, marriott t.
n French nobeman, IL wen acquainted
with three Dukes four MarQuIs"s AM
five Counts, belonging to the hI@hoh
French nobility who are dc5IrouS I
marry English on American ladies HAVING
enough income to keep up II high ran
In the st. German Society OF ialI'
(Sic.) The titled persons N 4urSni'
are from thirty TO sixty years old' Inc
do not require titled ladies', bUt mono
able ones. The same English lady ca
procure the title Of II Marquis ana u
title of Count to gentleman
fortune, aged from thirty 10 thIrly-t"o
thirty.hyc, if they consent to marry u
Young ladies who, by contract, can Rl'
that title to themselves and to thcIr d
sccndants Tho greatest discretion
promised and will be observed app
during fortnight, to foac hca'n'
Bureau, etc, parS.
In the same paper, ON ahollIci r'H
We find the following very hlClhB II
nounccmcnt US counterpart 10 u
other:
MARRIAGES
THE OLDEST EsrAULI5nMFEr II FHAHcE
AMMAN 10 .I 900, OO| i WIDOW, .1......'' @'NU
orphan 25...,l 900 toOi widow, jA'....'. l'o''
Mile, Is ,.... OOoOOhI h'Nr ~. ''.l,2 w.
Titlelcss Orphans widows and mss
are terscIy cutaIogucd according to tn
wears and purses with cattIo.sh"W VI
mess style which must be very 'oIIlii
to their intended purchasers, 1t rs u !
illustration of the yerItabIc view OF
marriage state taken by muIlIAIdr5
Europe, although many OF them, II"
ever, might object 10 quit" -" 'lH
pm" method OF prorINnInB tine Oh
points they take into account ~
Transaction. Doubtless We shall 80
see branch offices advertising wives /"
husbands, with and without tItI'a I"
fortunes to be lot for the scasUh IN lois
suit transient customers. This might
All Improvement on the lie bargain
tho hceccd victims OF either sex