Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-20
miscellaneous.
Matrimonial.
SOME QUAINT AND CURIOUS EXPERIENCES
Of THE HYMEyEAL RELATION.

Of THE HYMENEAL RELATION.
A Madison, Wis, youth has espoused
his grandfather's divorced second bride.
Arizona wants 70, 900 more women, and
offers low rates of fare and speedy mar
rage among other inducements.
The Missouri Legislature has passed a
law declaring that the husband shall not
be responsible for the debts of his wife
contracted before marriage.
A couple in Central Montana were mar
ried short time ago under peculiar cir
cumstances. There was no minister. no
Justice of peace or similar official. and the
postmaster did not consider himself law
fully competent, so the would-be-happy
ones, followed by their friends. flocked to
the telegraph Office and summoned min
lister OF the gospel to a terminus Of the
liue 200 miles away. and after an hour and
ten minutes of dispatching they were pro-
nounced man and wife. and paid the min
lister 8 by telegraph.
Within twelve months man at Wealth
ersfield, Vermont, has been divorced from
his wife. and remarked her. The bride
is not yet seventeen years OF age.
An Omaha school ma am, aged 30, has
just eloped with one Of her pupils. youth
of IS. She is good looking and he is the
son of rich father. She left her board
bill unpaid, and an empty trunk nailed to
the floor.
Seven Parsee couples were lately mar
ried in Bombay, Of whom the oldest was
fifteen years old and the youngest bride
groom fifteen months. and the youngest
bride maiden of nine months.
1t Is noted that good many matrimonial
alliances are being contracted between
Northern and Southern people Of late.
Miss KilbOurn OF Grundy county. Ia.
lost no time from her duties as school
teacher on the occasion of her recent mar
rage TO Mr. Graham. She was married
on Sunday, rode To her school. lG miles.
that afternoon. and began the discharge of
her school duties promptly on time the
next morning.
Thirteen years was the age of a recent
Angelica. n. Y, bride.
4 St. Louis clergyman says that the
average marriage fee is IS. and that the
fussier the wedding the smaller the fee.
4 auckland bachelor, the oldest man in
town. recently married n maiden lady of
seventy-fve. who is regarded as some
what below par in intellect. The match
is said to have been made by the fathers
of the town. because the parties have be-
come a town charge. the object being to
secure for the benefit of the town a widows
pension if the bride should outlive the
bridegroom. The old gentleman was a
member of Colonel Thomas Longley's
regiment, which made the celebrated raid
on Boston in 1914.
A young lady OF Gait, Canada, having
Tor some time been afflicted with the re-
ceipt of anonymous poetical illusions of
most amatory complexion, resolved to
submit them to an intimate married friend,
who at once recognized the handwriting
rs her husbands.
Under the laws of Pennsylvania. The
American Mutual Association tor Unmar-
ried People" has just been incorporated
at Harrisburg. Its advantages are open
to all unmarried persons. male or female
without regard to color, between the ages
Of ten and seventy-iive years. BY the pay
ment OF certain amount yearly they will
be entitled to certain sums from $1,000 up
ward on marriage. Any member marry
ing before one year from date of their
certificate will forfeit the certificate
and all claims upon the society. Mar
rage assessments are graded according to
age, and the younger one joins and the
longer he remains n member. the larger
will be the sum he receives upon his mar
riage
A minister out in the far West. who has
been troubled n good deal over marriage
fees. issued the following circular and
price list; Zone marriage, plain. - ditto.
kissing the bride. 81 ditto. trimmed with
one groomsman and one bridesmaid, 81
80 cents extra for each additional grooms-
man or bridesmaid. Bachelors past 10
will be charged extra. Maids of age, 10
per centum off. Mileage will be charged
in long distance matches.-I.iberal reduc-
ton to clubs. Pay ments in cash: no
notes or securities accepted. No money
refunded or rebates for poor goods. Come
early and come often