A WIFE TO ORDER.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1181, 2 June 1874, Page 4

A WIFE TO ORDER.

The Wanganui Chronicle says : " It is said that ' Truth is stranger than fiction,' and the following facts, which are obtained from an unquestionably reliable source, paftalce of the character of romance. A good looking female immigrant by the Woodhirk sought a situation in Wanganui, and provided with a respectable place in the country she performed her duties with great punctuality for a week, to tho satisfaction of her employers, and had just

settled down to her work, when lo! one (ino Suuday morning a lady with a carriage and four horses drove up to the door and requested to see hor. What took place at the interview is revealed further on. To the surprise of her employers, tho girl took her luggage and seated herself in the splendid carriage, promising to pay by return post the month's wages which had been advanced to her. Of course she could be nothing less than an heiress ! But yesterday this fortunate young woman was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, and with considerable eclat, to a well-to-do settler at Eaugitikei, who had never set eyes on her, and whom she had never seen herself. The happy conjunction wa3 effected in this wise :—Tho settler wanted a wife, and the handsome young immigrant was equally desirous of obtaining a husband. Their mutual wants being known to a lady in Waugauui, who appears to possess all the qualifications for a successful matrimonial agent, she told the young man who wanted ' some one to love,' that she could procure him the very thing. She appears to have gone about the aiTair in the most businesslike way, with the happy result narrated above. The young lady has certainly drawn a prize in the matrimonial lottery."