A CENTURY OF MARRIAGE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 639, 31 January 1914, Page 2

A CENTURY OF MARRIAGE.

A ceremony which very probably has never had its equal in the history of anyone up to this time was celebrated lately in the little village of Isonbalgi, in Hungary. It took place to commemorate the marriage of the couple Szathmari, united for exactly 100 years. The husband is 120 years of age and the wife 116. Their descendants count together more than 250 persons. The two old people, who inhabit a quite modest little cottage, are very much loved by their neighbours, whc surround them with every possible care. They are, however, almost quite blind and deaf. They pass their time away mostly in sleeping. Still, occasionally the old man smokes a little pipe with evident satisfaction, and enjoys a glass of wine. The queerest thing about theii whole life i; 5 that this old couple have never quitted their village—they were both born there. Their life has been passed there quietly and peacetally, and never has a wish arisen in their minds to know anything of the vast world which lies beyond theii narrow horizon.