WANTED—A MODEL BRIDE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3034, 24 December 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)

WANTED—A MODEL BRIDE.

Thk following lias been cxtricted from a Munich Journal :

" Matrimonial—l nni tlio hereditary possossor of 11 domain and nowly built, castle, situated in a beautiful part of the Bavarian forests. The castle, which han many fine apartments, is surrounded with mountains lovely meadows and fields, through which rivulets wind, wood* for tlio hunt, and streams for auijliiig ; stands in a eharming valley, wherein tlio town of Cham, with ita many old towns, castles of ancicnt knights and ruins uf the remotest ages inspire the soul with poetic feelings. ''But however delightful the spot may be t'» tho-o who judge the rural life by the fab ps of Virgil, Hot ace nnd Delillc, I think it very melancbolv to behold none '•ut myself iu my fine ro-mis, ,-iud to see none but my own persou reflected in my lookinir glass. I have ;hor> f" r c, resolved to marry, liWe ..'her aimpletotis; and siuce it is affirmed that marriages are miiilt.' in Heai 'ti mid arc l>ur a lottery, to se- what Heaven rn-ih :ve in .-tore tor me, and what r oieaturo the nlio-l of fortune inny all'it inn. AViih thin in view I submit my views t> ill young ladi's through the medium of the news papere. •' The one I wi-h to many must be between 16 and '20 yjars of age ; the mart have flim hair, fine teeth and beautiful little feet, .'"lie must be bom of houest and good parent*. She mnv. dross elegantly but plainly in either sill; or velvet, but no other materials. She shall be allowed music only if s l ie lie perfect in that art, it being tiresome l<> listen to the bad performers who annoy visitors iu so inauy houses. She shill bn mistress of the house iu ull dotm-fli' matters, and I myself shall be bappv to yield to her reasonable whims, being a great euemy to lavish obedience and submission, whence, in my opinion, ail quarrels and discontent derive their origin : but she must accompany lue in all my journeys and excursions, because ic is, ill my opinion, a shame that a man should go about. d:iy and night, living in splendour :it hotels, while his wife is left at home alone a prey to ennui.

" I must now wiy something about myself. I urn 70 yenr; old aeeordinjj to the almanac, but I am only '.15 judfriujj by liculth Hti'l .streiiyth. I am alway* cheerful. f seek £or pleasure wherever tVin .strictest honour admits of it . If, then fere, there exist* s u handsome y. mrifr pi."!, willing to bustle aliout on in travelling or nt home, with an old mai. still hnln, hearty nnd Retive, shn jnay wr.le to mo nnd I will go to moet hor I.'". soo her and lot her i-no mn, at any pine ',vi f hin ono hundred miles of Munich, but not further, engaging on my word of honor that her name never shall »,(. uttered. Tbeodre, Baron von Holberg of Broeeli' Commander uf the Order of St. Aun, and captain-colonel of tho EUinc uud M iiese, Munich, at tho Block Eagle, IScli Kovember, 1840."