The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-10-25

Incidents Connected with the Issuing Of
Marriage Licenses

Incidents Connected with the Issuing Of
Marriage Licenses
The marriage licenses will average
about ak q day the year round. The win
ter holiday season is when there is the
greatest rush. The days of the week
have their special preference among
most people, yet some young men
mover stop to think about the day OF
the week or the month, as to whether
it DO considered lucky or unlucky.
Some prefer an odd number in the
date Of the month, for odd numbers
are considered moro lucky than the
even. Many will not take out Ii
cence on the thirteenth day of the
month. They are prsjudiced against
the number, Notwithstanding the fact
there arc thirteen" clubs who at their
banquets defy all superstition. Friday
is always a light day in taking out
marriage licenses. 1t may only just
happen that way, but the better rea-
son would seem to be that there is
general prejudice against Friday as a
unlucky day. The license is usually
takAn out the day before the wedding,
yet some wait till the last day. When
ever you see a young fellow with a
kind of bashful look walking up to
the county clerks desk late in the af-
teraoon and just before the closing
hour, with hesitation in his manner,
the clerks in the Office can usually
surmise his mission. A man with a
deed to file or who wishes to examine
an abstract will walk in hurried or
business like way. But not so the av-
erage prospective bridegroom. He
will often, after having obtained the
iosnse, ask the clerk to have it kept
out of the papers. The request is COM
piled with by the clerk writing across
the names of the couple in the mar
riage license book, Don't publish"
This book is daily examined by mem
bers Of the Denver press, and the re-
quest il usually complied with, for
nine times out of ten license marked
Don't publish, are names not gener-
ally known.
One day reporter was ut the desk
when young laboring man made
the request not to have the license
published.
"Why do you not want the license
published2" asked the reporter, wish
ing to learn the reason why some
people are SO anxious to have their
marriage licenses kept secret. In reply
he said:
Il am a poor man and can't afford
to have it published. The boys would
all see it in the paper and it would,
cost me $40 to set up the drinks. That
is the reason why don't want it pub
hshed."
A good, square, honest reason, was
it note
"Well, how many marriage licen-
ses today2" asked Denver gentleman
of a Republican reporter one day,
glancing over his shoulder while copy
ing the names of prospective bride
grooms and brides.
did you take out q license" was
the query answer of the reporter.
mo, SIR"
"What is the interest you take,
then, in these thingsS" asked the re-
porter.
II am," he replied, "an insurance
agent. Young men, when about to
get married, are good subjects for life
Insurance agents. By keeping a list
Of the marriage licenses we know the
names OF men who are quite likely to
take out life insurance"
Every man understands his own pc
culiar business, doesn't hef
There is another interesting feature
to this question. Sometimes q pretty
and fair maiden comes in and asks in
in q quiet don't-you-tell kind Of way If
Charley, Harry, George or whatever
the name may be, has taken out Ii.
censc. Young ladies are cute, and
when they think there may be o rival
in tho field, they ere on the lookout,
and 10, young man, il you are play
ing q double game, beware.-Denver
Republican.