Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1875 — Buying a Bride. [ARTICLE]

Buying a Bride.

Two young men, one of them residing in the northern part of this county and the other in the southern part of Steele County, were each enamored with one and the same young lady. The affections of the lady were about equally divided between the two. Hard words and blows failed to settle the difficulty. As a last resort the Freeborn County man agreed to relinquish all his right and title to the fair damsel for the sum of SIOO. The other chap couldn’t see it. Freehold County showed a willingness to do the fair thing by then offering to give SIOO and take the disputed property himself. Steele County scorned the offer. Our man raised the bid to $125, which was not accepted. One hundred and fifty dollars failed to reaeh him, bat when the bid was raised to $l6O it proved to be too much for his cupidity '> and with eagerness he cried out: “ Take her.” 7 All this time the expectant bride stood looking on, an indifferent spectator, apparently caring not whether Freeborn or Steele County finally came out ahead. The winning man |gave his note for $l6O, with the bride’s father as indorser, and the marriage took place without any un necessary delay. And now we understand the parties propose to resist the payment of the note on the ground of “no value received. ’Albert Lea (Minn.) Standard. Some time ago a beautiful and intelligent young lady informed her intimate friends that she was engaged to be married to Mr. A. Last Thursday night was fixed for the wedding, and a number of cards of invitation were sent out. The guests assembled, but, no bridegroom appearing, at a late hour they withdrew, full of sorrowful sympathy for the lady and fierce indignation against the man who had so overwhelmed her with mortification and disappointment. On the next day the lady was a raving maniac. The gentleman in the case, however, asserts that he was not engaged to the young lady, and had no idea of it, nor did be know anything about the wedding that was appointed for him. He deubtless tells the truth, and the arrangements for the wedding, on the part ot the unfortunate young lady were but the premonitory symptoms of the insanity afterward folly developed. —Richmond (Fa.) Journal. n