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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 28 May 1880, Page 2

The following singular challenge appears in the Saturday Advertiser :— I Samuel James Munchansen Jones, of the North Shore, Auckland, having persued Captain J. Barry's book, and having heard it asserted that the said j Captain Barry has a larger developed organ of ideality than any other man, m New Zealand, hereby challenge the said Captain Barry to meet me on any public platform in the Colony, in order to test which of us has the best title to be considered Champion Spinner of Yarns in yew Zealand. lam prepared to stake the Bum of £100 sterling, on my own behalf, against a like sum on the Captain's behalf, that I sbail beat him in flights of fancy and pyrotechnic* of imagination An early responsetig requested. My card can be inpseeted at the office of the Saturday Advertiser, Princes street, Dunedin. A national association for the pro* motion of marriage has been established at Cincinnati. The aim of the society is declared to be " in all honorable ways to promote the marriage of cit zens, and to secure such end this society will, so far as is in its power, assist and give material aid to young couples in beginning married life, such as helping them to secure incomes, and the husbands in getting employment, or in any other manner withia the province of the assoc ; ation.* A. picnic was recently held, the chief feature of which was the marriage of three couples, alleged to have been promoted and brought about by the efforts of tfee society's officers. S;x thousand persons paid 25 cents for admission to witness the marriage ceremony, which was conducted on a high platform, so that all could see. The bridegrooms were an engraver, a painter, and a pedlar, and the brides were all three remarkable for personal attractions.