The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-08-02

Statistics showing various Sides Of me
old. Old story.

The Berlin registers Office gives
some very interesting details on Eie's
most interesting subject-marriage--
and the Daily Telegraph OF London
makes a summary of them: During
last year 10. 1872 couples were joined ~
the bonds of holy matrimony, 1880
were bachelors. 1882 widowers, AZ
had been divorced from their wives,
IA. $50 were spinsters 1000 widows:
and SIT had been previously divorced
from sheir husbands. IL Is noteworthy
that three-fourths of the total OF hus-
bands had passed the age OF "a. vi
youthful marriages there were onlytwo
In which the husband had only reached
the age of 10. while not more than $3.50
took the fatal leap between the ages OF
20 and "a.
THE oldest Benedict to approach the
altar OF Hymen was SO, and there was
one case OF bachelor who had resisted
the allurements of female charms till
the age of 49, but as the former espous-
ed maid approaching hfty ana the
latter spinster close upon 40. II can
only be supposed that each held u 10 be
the duty of every man toward the other
sex TO rescue al least one msGi from the
bonds of perpetual virginity or that they
submitted to marriage de conyenance
from egotistic reasons.
The youngest Gretchen was loyears
of age, while there were only thirty OF
the age OF 10. After this the ages vary
In long series up to 90. In ll,O6z
cases the husband was the elder--twen-
ty-nine being over 80 years older, and
fifty being between 20 and 80 years
older than their wives. OF the re-
naming 4. $50 marriages. Ia which the
husband was Younger there were sol
in which the wife was from ten TO
thirty years older. and thirteen cases
Ina which men between 20 and 30 mar
ried women between 90 and 90 years
Of age.
Looking at the list from another
point of view. | find that $50 bachelors
married widows, some of whom had
married twice aud three times already
and that 1.lS5 spinsters contided their
happiness To widowers who had already
disposed of from one TO three wives.
Ii is also remarkable that 247 bachelors
married Divorces. and 32l maidens
were not frightened TO try their chances
with husbands who had been through
the Berlin Court of Arches. In several
of these cases the husbands and wives
had been divorced twice and three
times already. but il must be noted
that divorce is much easier in this
country and Is granted on much more
trivial grounds than with us, Four
couples who had been divorced were re-
married. one after the lapse of two
years, one after three years, one after
fourteen years. and the last after TWEEN:
ty-three years of separation.
II notice. also. that among the Wild
overs who remarked, 500 did SO during
the first year after the deaths of their
wives; 357 had waited nearly two years;
while 2 had remained alone for twenty,
for twenty-seven, and another for
thirty years before again submitting to
the yoke. On the other side of the pic
ture 1t appears that ~ widows sought
consolation during the first year of
widowhood. "A had waited from ten to
twenty years. and between twenty
one and twenty-four years.
AS regards consanguinity. there.
were l0S marriages contracted between
irst cousins. and in six cases an uncle
married his neice. This Is permitted
ia Germany"