MARRIED TO THE WRONG GIRL.
A curious incident is reported fro® the town of Saniorsalva, in Hungary. Gonerich and his brother Franz wer6 engaged to be married to two sistAVk, Katicza and M4rie. Ths two cduplU! were prr perly and legally united fog to the requirements of the Stftt® before the registrar, and Gonerich pf6 v ‘O'eded proudly to the chUrch with hit Katicza and Franz With bit Marti Whether through the negligence of this sacristan, the nervousness of the bridal Couples and their relatives, or to awkwardness or ar fulness of the pries! nobody cin explain, but the faA reraa : nei that the benediction 6f the church was pronounced .ver the Union ot Oouerich and Marie and Franz wafe espoused to his brother's legal wife. Tht words of the church declared that fhl respective coupbs were united before God bv a bond that no man dare sevCfv h id the rtlst akfe was only discovered wheit they got iiW) the sa6"isty and paid thi fees. The father of the tWo bride* flayed the proenstinator. Ho ia a fnaA fond of goid living, and an excelled! wedding breakfast Was awaiting to Consumption of the guests at home, tfA be declared that they should enjoy theif meal first. When, however, the fa ! was o'veV, add all had freely Vjuaffed the 4 .wing bowl, the hitherto prevailing hftrmotty Was roughly and ‘Crcfely flits’ turbud. The neWly-tfedded oouptCS were about to mate their departure, Wbeh the fatber In-law stopped up to t' A two bridegrooms ahd informed them tha! his head was hob clear enough at tha! moment to prondunce a suitable bpinioh as to which of to tw6 Weddings, wo4 legal-, bo that they would haVe to lea-A the hou r and abide the decision of tb4 InW courts, Whilst the two bUwly'-ar.trifcJ brides wotfld meanwhile remain -frithon. their husbands adder the paternal to h Remonstrance proved of ho afail—not even the tea kOf thU brines, who averred that thUy would'aceept anj decision add would leAve the selection of to httsbAud to their fAther If he WOuld Onljr Kt of them dUparl, eilhbt with tSehitittfc 89 l?ran&
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 174, 11 July 1901, Page 1
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355MARRIED TO THE WRONG GIRL. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 174, 11 July 1901, Page 1
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