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Show Wanted More Than His Fair Share of Wives Abbe Pomenech, the French priest who labored InTexns In the early part of the Nineteenth century, left nn interesting in-teresting record of his work In a book, now out of print, that was published In London In 1S"3. One amusing Incident he recorded concerned a Presbyterian minister at Brownsville, who bestirred himself to dispose of his three marriageable daughters. The minister, noting that no one sought the hands of bis daughters, daugh-ters, preached a sermon on the subject sub-ject of marriage, amplifying the text In Genesis, "Increase and Multiply." lie spoke with eloquence and warmth on the bliss of the hymeneal state nnd ended by offering his three daughters, with S.3,000 of fortune for each, to whomsoever would espouse them. He added that he would receive the nnmes of the candidates after service. A wag In the congregation did not wait for the time prescribed by the minister, but shouted from his pew: "But my name on the list for two." Kansas City Star. |