Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-18
Marriages By Lot.

many tuhC UluCC ANNUALLY In
Naples, Italy, because of money left,
according to last will and testament, by
benevolcntly- disposed individuals, to
endow a certain number of virtuous poor
with small sum of money Us an outfit,
and when these girls, say, twenty or
thirty, present themselves to the trustees
as candidates for that dover, and the
will only provides for six such mar
riages, all the girls must step up to the
urn and draw lot. OF course, out OF
the twenty or thirty girls who have
qualified only six can be the lucky ones.
hesc SIX arc not entitled to the dover
until all the legal arrangements for the
marriage are gone through. There arc
always plenty of young workmcn, either
day laborers OF mechanics, who are ready
TO accept girl's hand and the So or
$50 dover, for she has had to go through
rigid examination as to her honesty,
ncatness, etc.
very often see the announcements in
the daily papers Of such marriages, and
one attracted my attention more than
usual on account of the length of time the
testator had been dead whose funds were
to annually benefit these virtuous girls.
| translate the advertisement literally ms
follows:
MAhRIAGEs.- The Trust oi of the Monte
Capable Chapel, of the Church of San SALIVA
tore OF Petra Sane Tin Naples, make known
to tbs public that OH tho second Sunday of
September. 1878, Mt II NJ. lots will be drawn
for three marriages, each successful person
receiving the sum Of I'D francs (S2Il left by
the will of Cirsar Capable, vino died in 1910
aud left such sums in favor of three younp
women who will qualify themselves, which
quahilcation must take place on or before the
9TH OF September: The following are the
qualifications: ]. They must be descendants
able whatever that may mean: 3. They
must be honest and poor; and T. They must
not be over twenty five years of age.
Now here we have a provision made
differently from the usual run. in that
The candidates for this lottery must be
the poor descendants of the tcstator.
,u.t fancy thai will made for such n
purpose by man who died ten years
before pilgrim placed his foot on
Plymouth Rock, and that it is faithfully
carried out!-Ifris Register.
Two American Girls Sec Bismarck.
went to Berlin from Dresden for two
weeks with my cousin Cissy, says letter
| to the Boston Iranaript, and we both
| wanted so much to see Bismarck. Every.
body said that, being there such q short
time, we could never see him in the
world, because there were hundreds of
Germans who had never been able to do
SO, and still had lived their whole lives
long in Berlin. So Thought there was
nothing to do except to write HIM anote
and ask him if he wouldn't allow Cissy
and me to look at him. I found nv
pen and paper, and 1 wrote: "Pr:nce
Bismarck, two English girls who are
only in Berlin for short time are
anxious to see the greatest man in the
world and want to know if you could
grant them an audience"
signed it with my namc, and when 7
directed it "Princc Bismarck, +" felt iust
as if l were directing it to Santa Claus.
or to some one up in Heaven. Cissy and
took it up to the palace. We walked
by the sentries and through the big
courtyard up to the front door. Tho
butler stood there, OIL so stern and
grim, and refused ut first to take INV
mole, but when l said: "Why, you must
take it,. don't you see it is to Prince Bis.
marck!" he frowned more than ever md
took it.
If you can believe it that very night
while We were sitting at supper there
came letter with a great seal on Tho
back directed to Miss Percy Jones. The