Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-05
LOVERS BOUND BY CONTRACT.
Legal Papers Drawn Up Before He
 Goes A-Soldering.

New York, March 5.-Miss Laura Amelia Morgenson of Granton and Lemuel Charles Mekins of Fairview have entered upon all ante-nuptial contract which is unique in New Jer- sey legal records. The documents were submitted to Justice Seymour ill Hoboken Monday night. Meekins. who is 24 years old, was salesman in New York dry goods house up to a week ago His fiancee is two years i'll Wall street
 The couple were to have been mar ried a week ago, but Meekins, who is a graduate of Rutgers college, took it into his head had been too uneventful for married man. At the sugges- tion of Miss N1orgensen he agreed to enlist as a soldier in the army of the Philippines Miss Morgensen told the justice that she knows the young man is inclined to be romantic and that she proposed to make him practi- cal.
 A few years roughing in the Phil ippines will take all that kind of non sense out of his head" she said. Hes q very nice boy, but he needs sense. It was at my suggestion that we pre- pared the papers that we now want attested. 1 see lots of legal docu- ments in my work every day and be- lieye the ones we have prepared cover everything we want I have made particular mention of school teacher in the one Lem has agreed to sign, because he used to be in love with one in North Bergen, and I don't want to 1saI1 f.l, of h f1lr while he is away"
 The documents are as follows
 T. Laura Amelia Morgensen. do sa- credly avow to remain unmarried and unengaged for q period of three years and six months from date to re- ceiye no marked attention from any unmarried man or widower during the said period of three years and six months: not to be escorted to or from, or to be present at any tainment, concert, musicale, picnic, excursion, outing, theater, basehau game or any other place of public amusement with any unmarried man or Widower, or any other than mem bers of my own immediate family; and I do further sacredly avow not " SstLl Oll itliy LII correspondence by mail or telephone with any unmarried man or widower, or encourage. promote or foster any courtship whatsoever during the per iod of three years and six months.
 LAURA AMELIA NfORGENSEN.
 Sworn and subscribed to before me this third day of March, A. D. 1902
 T, Lemuel Charles Meekins, do sa- credly avow to remain unmarried and unengaged for the period of three years and six months from date; and to pay no marked attention to any unmarried woman or widow during said period, other than the attention due from any gentleman; to carry on no correspondence by mail or commun- ication by telephone, with any unmar- ried woman or widow. and if wound ed on the field of battle to receive care and attention only from those en- ployed regularly as nurses and to re- ceiye no attention from any school teacher who may be in the Philip pines during the said period; and I do further. agree to save from my regular pay 25 per cent of all moneys received from the United States government during the time of my enlistment
 LEAIUEL CHARLES MEEKINS.
 Sworn and subscribed to before me this third day of March, A. D. 1902.
 GEORGE F. SEYMOUR,
 Notary Public.