MRS. BUNDY'S DREAM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1355, 17 November 1877, Page 21

MRS. BUNDY'S DREAM.

Peter Bundy, who] has been married only two weeks, has left his wife. Bundy is a little man, and his wife weighs two hundred and forty pounds, and was the relict of the late Seth Potts. About ten days after marriage Bundy was surprised, on wakening in the morning, to find his better half sitting up in bed, crying as if her heart would break. Astonished, he asked the cause of her sorrow, but, receiving no reply, he began to surmise that there must be some secret on her mind which she withheld from him, and which was the caitse of her anguish, so he remarked to Mrs B. that as they were married she ought to tell him the cause of her grief, so that, if possible, he might .lessen it. After considerable coaxing, he elicited the following from her — "Last night I dreamed I was single, and as I walked through a well-lighted street I came to a shop where a sign in front advertised husbands for sale. Thinking it curious, I entered, and ranged along the wall on either side were men with prices affixed to them — such beautiful men — some for one thousand dollars, some for five hundred dollars, and so on to ond hundred and fifty dollars. And, as I had not that amount, I could not purchase." Thinking to console her, B. placed his arm lovingly around her, and asked, "And did you see any men like me there 1" " Oh, yes," she replied, "lots like you ; they were tied up in bunches like asparagus and sold for ten cents per bunch." Bundy got up, and went to ask his lawyer if he had sufficient grounds for a divorce.