Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1883 — Our Joint Daughter. [ARTICLE]

Our Joint Daughter.

This is a story of Mrs, Brown, wife of Buchanan’s first Postmaster General: She had been •married before, and so had Postmaster General Brown, and each-had a ,daughter left over from the first marriage. Then they had another daughter. Mrs. Brown used to present them at her reception in this way: “This is Miss Brown, Mr. 'Brown’s daughter by his first wife; this is Miss Sanders; my daughter by my first husband, and this is Miss Brown, our joint daughter/* ... . The Canadian Government offers a bonus of $5 for every able-bodied white man who may settle in British Columbia.