The Jersey City news., 1891-11-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
strange and Often Amusing In-
cidents With Them.

1t was on Friday that | visited the
marriage license window, and was
informed that any other day of the
week except Sunday would have beer
better. because those who are even {
very little superstitous do not visit
the window on that much-slandered
day. Very superstitous persons &C
much farther than that, for one couple
upon hearing band pass the window
playing funeral march at the hea 9
of a procession, refused to take out
the license until another day. And
Mr.. Salmonson says that on one occa-
sion young man inquired whether
he thought it would rain before night.
The sky looked threatening, and the
clerk said he thought rain might fall.
"Then l will come on another day, y
said the timid applicant. 1T would
be bad luck if it rained on the day
get my license"
l could not help wondering what
must be the scene on such unusually
busy days as Saturdays or the days
| preceding national festivals. for
though it was Friday, there was no
pause in the business at the window.
| AS quickly as one man got his permit,
another took his place. Only two
women came with their prospective
husbands. There is no need for any
of the fair sex to go to the window,
and, as a rule. it is only the humber
and more ignorant ones who do so,
conceiving it to be a necessity.
| In taking an oath to the truth of
what they have said, as all must do,
| it is noticed that many laborers from
| Protestant Europe raise three fingers,
| to represent the Trinity, instead OF
one hand as we do; but one man,
on being asked to raise his hand,
lifted both arms above his head.
He was a professional criminal,
| accustomed to being searched by
officers of the law. Young
Americans are usually in a hurry;
they want to know if they can be at
tended to right away They spoil
blank after blank in vain endeavor
to sign their full names, and they ex-
plain that for years they have abbre-
waited their signatures in the rush of
business until their hands refuse to
break the old habit. One man is said
to have signed himself "Smith u Co."
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ho5no sohooIino Ir;sbnen who cen-
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