Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1879 — Matrimonial Brokerage. [ARTICLE]

Matrimonial Brokerage.

Ban Francisco Bulletin. The firm believers in the notion of love-marriages would be surprised to learn what a trade is driven in procuring life partners Employment offices are visited several times a week by those desirous of finding a husbaud, or wife, as the case may be. In many cases they are accommodated. So much money for a wife, or so much money for a husband. The Free Labor Exchange has not been exempt from such visitations, but the manager has resolutely refosed to take any consideration whatever of any such applications. The love-sick individual is told that the Labor Exchange does not do any such business. Applications are made sometimes hy letter. A modest man, apparently easily suited, wrote, in good faith, a letter relating to matrimony to a clerk in an employment office in this city. He said he had already written to two young ladiejs whose names were furnished the clerk; but, to be sure, he wanted a sharp lookout kept for a suitable person. A suitable person he defined as: “First of all. one with good sense and good health, neats industrious and modest. For personal appearance I generally fancy a dark complexion. Not small: lam small enough myself. One raised in the country is preferable to a city belle. One of good sense is preferable toonew ( ith a fortune.’' The gentleman also declares what religion he does not want his adored to favor.

A singular meeting happened in an employment office in this city a few days ago. If the conclusion was not so disastrous, it would strongly flavor of toe romantic. A moral to employment office clerks might be extracted from the story. An apparently mid-dle-aged man applied at the counter •u Saturday and asked for a kesse-

keeper for a bachelor, wearing a telling smile on his fkoe at the time. After a moment’s conversation he was asked point-blank if he did not want a wife. His reply was in the affirmative. He was tola to come the following Monday at sp. m. It happened that a young woman called the same day, and after some beating about the bush, declared site was looking after a husdand. She was requested to come again the next Monday at 5:40. Everyth! ng came on serenely Monday afternoon. The two principles came to time, and were directed to an adjoining room. They had not been there long before sounds of some disturbance reached the ears of those in attendance at the offioe, and the woman gave vent to a shriek. One of the assistants went to the door and found that matters had progressed beyond all ekpeetarion. The girl held the man by the hair—at least she thought she did. An effort to relieve him of some surplus scalpcovering, Instead of performing the desired object, drew a wig from his bead, and the fellow appealed quite a young man. The woman screamed: “My brother!” and fell on the floor in a faint. The two others united their efforts to resuscitate her, which iu a short time were so successful that she arose, grasped an ebony ruler lying on a desk, ana struck the elerk a blow he will not soon forget. Bhe then left the office tor parts unknown. The man, in his turn, abused the elerk like a Eick-pocket, aud endeavored to strike im, but did not meet with much suooess. He then departed, leaving the clerk a sadder and possible a wiser man. ,