The morning times., 1895-08-06
TYING THE NUPTIAL KNOT.

Some Queer Reasons for Marriages in
Which Cupid Did Not Figure.
Ia romauces and tales of love the hero
aud heroine marry for pure heart affection
Stern papas aud scheming mammas plan
otherwise for their beloved daughter,
but she is invariably obstinate, and true
love always comes 10 by a head. In real
life, however, mGay and various are the
reasons for tying the nuptialknot
An ardent phiIatelist inserted an adver-
tisement iu a matrimonial column, and
the wife he wanted, in addition TO being
able to boast Of the usual good qualities
OF wOmanhood, was to be in possession Of
a certain stamp-a description for the
guidance OF the natrimouiaI IIy-inclined lady
collectors following-the rarity OF which
rendered II almost priceless. We do not
think this man would meet his ideal in q
hurry.
A gentleman whose hobby was the col
lection Of rare specimens uf pottery made
violent love t0 q lady-a matter OF sur
prise TO his friends and the Iady's own peo-
pie, he being always deemed a cynical old
bachelor, holding strict views concerning
the marriage question-who was the for
tunate owner Of a lovely Sevres vase. APP
parenuy she was nothing 10th, aud re-
spOnded 10 his wooing fcrvently, finally
giving him her hand, fortune, aud-the
vase. This person reverted 10 bis cynical
views afterward, and often told his wife
il was tie vase he had been in love with
and not herself
Cases where money has been lefton con-
dition OF the heir or heiress marrying a
CHOSEN person are sufficiently common;
but surely few are So hedged in with re-
strlctlOns as the youth who was to wed
his cousin because she was "cross-eyed
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read, 10y which We may understand that
she Of the diminutive chin was heavily
mOneyed."
The following is told OF two costers
who brought about q marriage betw
son and daughter OF the respective fami-
lies Tor unique purpose. They had but
one donkey between them, aud, though
The Two costers were quite willing To
change about, using the animals in turn.
the wives Of the ha wkers were not at all
agreeable, and many and furious were the
quarrels between them
To mitigate this nuisance and TO bring
the two families together, the marriage
was effected Of the two olive branches,
quite unknown 70 the mothers-an arrange
mant fraught with satisfactory results, for
the good ladies were on better terms ever
after.
A factory girl gave as her reasons for
marrying somewhat unusual explanation
Her husband had for long been hanging
around. y but she had not encouraged him
because she evinced no particular liking
Tor him. As, however, ali her girl friends
were all running 10 the altar she thought
she would likewise be in the swim and,
accordingly, made up 10 the i1-uGed young
man, who was only too willing to comply
Rather than lose a valuable appointment,
q young man went in search OF q Wife. the
situation he had secured being only for
married men, as one of which class he had
posed; therefore il was essential that he
should take unto himself partner at a
moments notice, figuratively speaking.
He had hitherto experienced no affair OF
the heart, and the finding of q life'E
partner was not, under such circumstances,
very simple task However, he secured
the one thing needed to insure the retaining
Of the position, and commenced married
life and new business duties at one and the
tEme time.