MATRIMONIAL GOSSIP. In yonr issue of the 3lst March appeared ;i paragraph wr'tten evidently by on'; who IS not aware of all the citeu instances connected with this affair. To the uninitiated the con»* municatioß. of the young lady's champion would lead one to believe she was injured innocence The following will perhaps en lighten your renders on the subject : — The ' flush young farms?,' was in the habit occasi* onally of visiting his larly love, and was always received with loving smiles On one memo rable visit his channel' told him she wasrathof scarce of good clothing, and asked him if he would bring her a fow things out of town. He consented, and asked her what wasvvanted. " Oh ! (with a charming pout) only a parasol, gloves, hat and ribbons;" all of which he got her. But the youn? lady fuiml her othef apparel was not en suite, so, having succeeded so well the first time, she wanted cloth for two dresses, a pair of red stayS, a velvet jacket, cuffs, and collars, aUoanobhyr pxras >l aa the first was not according to ia*!iio.i ; all of which she got from the " flash young far mer " without a w:>r lof dissent The dresses had to be made npnow and that quickly too, as the new year was coming on, the Waipori sports and. fieri tt c „' 1 c ies being looked for* ward to, so she got a kind neighbour to help her with the dresses Having forgot to ask her lover for lining along with the other gear> she had to borrow it from her neighbour, which she t <rg- >t t-i repay She was now rigged "out in full, and ap peared at the new year's festivities beauti fully dressed. There was no mistake het lover did the thing handsome, as all tiie impar tial young menaho t Vie pliceceuld vouch for% It was oiv.v the 10 /er\s turn to make a re quest, which was to this effect, would she name the happy day 1 She replied that the day was not far distant, and offered her hand out, but he thinking, a " bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." said that writing was more binding. >he told him to sit down and write to her dictation. 