A PENNSYLVANIAN POLYGAMIST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1030, 14 November 1882, Page 3

A PENNSYLVANIAN POLYGAMIST.

A miserable little hovel on the banks of the Delaware at South Chester is the residence of Frank Gurar.d, who has for years lived there undisturbed with two wives and eighteen children. The two wives are sisters. Each owns half the children, performs half the household duties, and does half the scolding. About 1850 (iurand met the two sisters, Caroline and Hannah Likens, who lived near Chester. They are of GermanEnglish extraction, but were born in America. In 1867 ;the marriage ceremony was performed between him and Caroline. A certificate of marriage between him and Caroliue can be produced. The two families always agree together remarkably well. Hannah works with her eldest daughters in a cotton mill. Their earnings are all put together to keep up the establishment. One day recently an amusing scene was enacted in the little house. The supper tabla had been spread, and the score or so of 3 7 oung folks collected, counted, and placed at the table. Gurand detected a cinder in a large pot in which the soup had been boiled. Pie jumped up and swore that if his wives did not behave themselves better lie would bring in someone who would care for him. The wives wept at this threat. This is said to be a threat of frequent occurrence. The most remarkable combination of relationship exists among the children. The brothers and sisters are each other's cousins. Their father is their uncle and theii mothers are their aunts. The mothers are each other's sister-in-law, and the husband is l , brother-iu-law to both. The cabin is built on a little inlet. Lately sixteen boys and girls, some quite and others almost nude, were disporting about the neighborhood. In a small boat, to which a roof has been built, five or six usually pass the night, as there is not room for all in the hut, which consists only of two rooms, one a kitchen and the other a bedroom.—Philadelphia Times.