1 A most remarkable story pomes from the Upited Statps ofthe purchase of a husband. Many an American' has given her fortune fof 'a tise foy (parrlage, hut it has been rpspryed for Mrs J. 6. Johnston, of Rutland (Vt.), to enjoy the questionable distinction of paying a mod round sum in jiard bash for a husband before she obtained the of ‘"-the state. “ Mrs Johnston, whose’name was Sarah A. Robins before she purchased her prize, belongs to that class ofpersonswho are willing to pay for the luxuries of life, but who sometimes yefusp to settle for its necessities. She cheerfully handed over 100,000 dol’ars for a husband, but she declines to surrender f.0,000 dollars to the lawyer whose legal services included the management of her large estate, as well as advice against taking a,husband at a price so far above regular market rates* ;
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Evening Star, Issue 7385, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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144Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 7385, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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