Show IN SCOTLAND somas odd details of scottish lit life dundee letter the marriage market for 1896 has been seen more than unusually busy this doubtless Is owing to the extra war work which has prevailed during the year according to one registrar mari marriages fluctuate to a very large extent with trade christmas and the new year season are invariably associated with marriages during the latter season many of the poorer working classes enter into the bonds of marriage with as little concern as they would change their lodgings the serious aspect of the contract and its responsibilities never sees to trouble their heads in many cases it is all a matter of convenience ven veni lence ence indeed a city registrar declares that seven out of every ten marriages in his opinion have little to do with love in his long experience he had met with many cases where ahert couples got spliced and not only had no home to go to but had barely enough to get their supper this ia I 1 specially so among young couples an and d bytheway by the way it may here be stated that tha boy and girl marriages in towns art on the increase during the year noa no closing a considerable number ot co youths from eighteen and even younger have been max married ried before many mani months were over in some instance Leel it was but a few weeks they were applicants cants to the parish council or so go clety for improving the condition erf the poor for help A couple appeared at one ot of the offices to have theli fourth child registered and neither of them was over twenty one lt it is surprising to find in these days dayi of education how ignorant many people are when they visit the registrar not a few are unable to sign theft theia names some are unable to give the name or hour of birth of the child they wish to register in filling up mar ariage schedules some ludicrous ansbert are given for instance a couple wai asked if they were related and answered yes we live up the sam close A Hig highlander blander who was asked if his father was living said ho sh lives in ta heeland Hee lans one day a well known musician presented himself at an office and regis his cifes death and to the surprise of the registrar turned up dexl morning seeking the requisite form te ta marry another woman this sort 01 ol thing happens more frequently that than most people think the ages of brides and bridegrooms bride grooms groome form a curious and interesting study the average in several offices for the th fair r sex runs from twenty one while the average for the sterner sex runs from twenty five the average of aldez brides and bridegrooms bride grooms runs about forty and seventy some of the cattez have been married three and fouz four times it has often been said that a girl gives up hope at thirty but if the registers of marriages prove any thal they show that spinsters spin of thirty and upward are much sought after marry I 1 in may and rue for aye seems still to hold good this month is the dullest in the season but with the advent of june the business begins again fashionable marriages have greatly increased in number and display at a marriage between the daughter of a glasgow distiller and a city brewer there were more cabs than were ever seen at any general assembly sitting in the same neighborhood the custom of getting married at tho the manse la is growing in favor during the year well nigh marriages were celebrated at the mini ministers steriL one clergyman the rev T cochrane who la Is credited with marrying a large portion of the city married nearly half aba above number his record is some like marriages at the manse are am not without incidents an ex mod aerator tells how he had agreed to buckle a couple and only the man and best man turned up at the manse after several hours walting waiting they left the worried groom assuring the divine that he would duly punish the hemple when he found her next night they ther wm were all forward in good uma timm and on the ahe minister asking the bride why sheal led to put inan in an appearance on the previous evening she exclaimed with a laugh moo hoo dae ye think thin I 1 could come when I 1 hed bed to gaung a mes saxe sages wl this lawle las sieT pointing to her ber IT I 1 best mald j kw 1 I 1 |