Unconventional Wedding Gifts.
An eccentric gentleman who was engaged in commercial pursuits, having eight daughters, all of whom had reached a marriageable age, informed them that on their entering the state of wedlockhe would present each of them with her weight in bronze coins. Four of the eight daughters were married, and the father, true to his word, presented to each the amount of halfpence equivalent to her weight. Of the remaining four one only became engaged. Just before her marriage the bride's father was left a large sum of money, and in the fulness of his heart he made his daughter a wedding present of a sum equivalent to her weight, not in halfpence, but in half-crowns. I 1 neon vent ion.-ll wedding gifts, we are sorry to say, occasionally take b-ss pleasant forms than the above. A short time ago, the brother of a bride despatched to the bridegroom a stout oak sapling, togw"uer with a letter in which he remarked : A good stick is always handy, particularly it you are going to marry a loiid-tongued. quarrel soiue woman like my sister Jane. •• ('asscll's Saturday Journal."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM18990929.2.35
Bibliographic details
Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2280, 29 September 1899, Page 6
Word Count
188Unconventional Wedding Gifts. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2280, 29 September 1899, Page 6
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in