Dangers of Mock Marriage.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 234, 30 August 1884, Page 2

Dangers of Mock Marriage.

; An incident of a peculiar character occurred at Dundee a short time ago during a railway excursion. Every one iwab in; the. highest spirits, and on the' ;return journey a number of young ladies of a: literary turn, determine >4 to keep up the hilarity, sug 'jested that the minister should perform a marriage ceremony in ithe railway carriage. The. proposal was^ ehthafliastrcally received' *-by : 'ttie cofh-' jpany, .and as .they . would take no denial the clergyman yielded to their imp portunity* t a Three •of the • youmg* men then jchose their partners, and i the ceremony was carried through in the orthodox fashion, the minister, in. coßc^udin^, grav*eiy declaring tte' pairtieß ' tip; be pegally married, and remilndefd them' of' the relative 'duties of husbjin'd and wife. 1 The afffiir;wah regarded as a capital joke ■ 'at the time ; but the parties to the transaction are now somewhat concerned, as they, have b^en told, and rightly, that they have done the .trick, and are duly married. The^occurrence has been the subject .of general comment, and it is said'that iaome of -tiiie 1 parties are now so inuch in earnest tfi at they have resolved; to; take legal advice to ascertain their\ true position. \ "\ ■ . __■,