A SINGULAR MARRIAGE CUSTOM.
It ( appears that a peoplo who live on,the Tthalia and Jaintia, Hills, in Jowai —a people called the Synt'engs—have some sensible customs. Eor instance, " When '''a man "marries it is "to'perpetuate the 1 lie has married into ; he does not l^jbpdrtfhis wife, his property and earn%ijgs belong to mother ana sisters ; and a divorce is easily obtained by husband and wife appearing .before the village authorities, and the former producing an eight-anna .piece." It is difficult to imagine a more blissful state of existence. At first sighfth© idea, of'" perpetuating jthe..Jamily he has married into" is repugnant to every married man; but then " divorce is -easily obtained." As the, man*s^; money belongs to . ,hia own famiijv*- tfiere ia'jlst hb! nitle" dagger of s*fßtfi& jealousies which it is said 'sisters'm this country sometimes feel for their '!tffttfier*s* Mfe;<*(wh*en/pretty? antl wpll |dfciWd!.ltideeWth'ere ibi'gtft be in the.hiis-l *^«Sft^ ffa&flyy1 a'fthdleswope.;(emulation ,;as 1 Wwho'shbiiia flatted herin'ps't", in L'order as %6W:pcls'sW&' b' Mg& tiiose^tu^pp* people " —her family—to grief and 'confu-; ,-,sion. „■« Besides this there -would.no longer exist any excuse for that unpardonable "andill-natured habit some people have of comparing... the,, wife's -dress, with the! husband's income. It would be-pleasant to try th© -principle here for-a time.—• Vanity fair. . \
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 9 August 1879, Page 4
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207A SINGULAR MARRIAGE CUSTOM. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 9 August 1879, Page 4
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