MARRYING FOR FUN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3

MARRYING FOR FUN.

: I Il'e. dortaliti- ' Br6'4kl yti. snit (says a ! ltew York paper) goes for the plaintiff, a| goott many^pe'oWle^will find iMV they laid the f oiltltfatfdn fo > fa ; yrbsefeution for bigamy Wtfen Vb'oy Vcre oabW' ! It has always 'beeir li' fa-v'bi'irite 1 pastime*' -With the oldeV folki fi> '.'.hnVe : '> ; toy ; m»r : riagesj so to apleak, amoilg' thtftibys and gjrty i' i "Uflually ' the H^bah'ds an<l wives 'aie ifWf -belovr the' '■ mkt rikgealile age^iM and ' are' 1 tna^Wcd' for," that occasion- only: ! 6iit liei'eafter bo)'s aiid girls *hb 'Above the riiarriageal>le age' -will wrbbaMy^voW 'aarigei'dtfs prabkfcin'A 1 Wbf e^htefetiVafe united' m this h amorous way; tp a girl of, aeventeen, and tM wi6leT I lnatter', i atC6r i ding to his statement, was regarded as a huge joke, He .claims that he has never p. any way recognised her as his wife ex-

cept by writing her a jocular note m which; ho calied her •' My dear iwifr." To his astonishment, however, she has brought a suit againsVliiin to? compel recognition of her as. hi^wife.^ Tf this statement is true, 'ibis is blackmail, and iwoi'se.i "i *' -' i ■'■ ■■"•■ '" ■''■"•"■■ : ;