ONE WIFE AT A TIME.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4871, 20 August 1884, Page 3

ONE WIFE AT A TIME.

-•^■'■•Mpsfc& • ■;:: :^dtigß^- »n&?i| "Hhl?3rttittke .;.;t o /tfoinselyes it is ''fiifpefjAlfaotiti ■spccessiyely, not Bimultaneoiu!lj:;v jexcpse' pleaded by ■'■>;'aXtfeali.fi^ ; .cent]J;in B^w|yprf,'tb^Uusbancl of four -■ .-^liyin^^ireß^w..-tßi't \ be Vwas pfv an "en* ' and fond of experi'"xnentsu"' S^wwbed to test thte reapective Ipf iah J iEnglishy \French, German, and^panish upbiisej :but as the^;law hindered :Him fro>in satisfying his^wHim openly KeidtsTised ;a' plan for doing so . secretly; \S Tp^ thef day of his deatb .;. his friends and acquaintances believed him; ;.tp> be abachieilor^conseqnently^ their mt^zet mentl#as extreiije when briopenipg the . will ih^^learhtttha^ he* was not only; married, but terys-inubh married indeed; He explained; in ibis docoment how he had been -married^fqur^ tiimies on Nov. 16, 1876 i tjo <:% daß^htei lof Etigland, France, - Gerrtkny^^ajid TEach of the ladies 7 the only wife, the J bridegroom having told them all same »tory :p3riorjtoi thpcerjempny-r-thaturgent businesstwpmd call him*away for a period immediately after it was concluded. The four partners lived uilder different names .in four quarters of the city, and he spent hi* time amongst themimpartially.treating them, he' says, all alike, - and unable to 'award the palm of excellence to «ny, for they were all equally good estim^ able creatures. A t his^deaJAi-^t/trWiiew 1 Swk'M&tToir'enioying in its entirety the fortune he left behind him, amounting to 1,200,000 dollars. But to their collective ' dismay it had to b& divided into equal parts, according to the 'terms of the testator's will which set forth that, as he shared his heart between them daring bis lifetime, so he would divide his money amongst them after death, in order to prevent any jealousy or heartburning. It was rather lUcky for this polygamous old gentleman that the police did not manage to hear of his pranks.