“ Your article the other day about how mea ask the consent of fathers to marry daughters,’' writes a correspondent, “ reminds me of my own case. When 1 was a young man I had been reading that a fellow should never marry into a family where there was a taint of insanity. So, for the sake of future generations I decided that whatever my heart urged me to do my mind should be on guard. When the lady of my choice said ‘ Yes ’ I dutifully sought the fathet. Majbe I was too precipitate. At any rate, this is what I said “ 1 Your daughter has promised to marry me. May I ask if there is any insanity in your family ?’ “ The old man loiolMd at me keenly, ‘ There must be,’ was his emphatic answer.” 1284.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2282, 29 January 1912, Page 2
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