| Show wanted more than his fair share of wives abbe Dome domenech the french priest who labored in texas in the early part of the nineteenth century left an interesting te record of ills his work in a book now out of print that was published in london in IM 1853 one amusing incident lie recorded concerned a presbyterian minister at brownsville Browns ville who be stirred himself to depose of his three marriage daughters the minister noting that no one sought the hands of his daughters preached a sermon on the subject of marriage amplify amplifying Lg the text in genesis increase and multiply 1 ue ile spoke with eloquence and warmth on the bliss of the hymeneal state and ended by offering his three daughters with of fortune for each to whomsoever would espouse them ne added that he would receive the names of the candidates after service A wag in the congregation did not dot wait for the time prescribed by lie he minister but shouted from his bis pew tut rut my name on the list tor for two kansas city star |
