Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1844-12-28
A Fine wood vveddiux.

ruption, for u time, To the festi,i,i
Mounted on mule which had evidently
been debarred the rights Il his tribe 10 corn
and fiddler for serious lere,h OF time,
we,e Two beings, certainly II primitive
o'i:inLa gay cavalier and captivating
duleinea: Tie charger no, exactly capa.
ri>oned like palfrey Of the Elixabethan
age, walked deliberately, and we thought
az the time, with ..nalice afo-etho,ohi. -
up 10 decayed pine log, and cane 10 a dead
stand. of rolled the knis h, in perfectly
"don't care d---.-n'' manner, and without
casting q glance at the fair one by his side.
or giving her the slightest assistance in dis
mounting, he drew bee line for The en-.
compliment, jumping over everything tha,
offered any obstruction to his passage, and
singing at the top of his voice:
"Come all We virg,rey CALLS,
AID listen 10 NY noise
Never do YOU wed
With the Carolina boys,
For II YOU do "a.
Your roy'ion il shall be
Corn Gaze and hominv,
Ani iansasionga teas Fnf
Bom.asa! a, Mary,
Bono cum-soc.," Sc.
By way Of accompaniment he cracked
with inimitahle grace huge whip. which
he fourished above his head, and gave i
yell that would have met the approval Of a
Committee Of the Camanche braves.
Hes some.' said fiiend near us, who
was indnlgihg in cachinatory Fl, at The
strange phenomenon.
"The wild man Of the woods FOR a VI"
cried wag on our right, who 10 mounted
b log to have clear view of the crit,er.
Two to one he's the fsller that but,ed
the bnll off the bayou bridget" acclaimed
Ben Blower from Snake Creek.
Our hero heard not, or needed not these
complimentary remarks, but made lis way
up 10 the company in fine style. He was
Indeed aii original. His height could not
have been less than six fee, four without
shoes or Stockings, which he considered
useless appenlagss.. He wore shocking
bad hat, with hole in the top, through
which tnfl of rel hair found egress, and
we'd to and fro, like the cap Of corn
stalk on windy day. His coat w.s OF
nut-d. led. home m,naf, ,c;ure, minus the
ssirt, whfc' he said he had lost in an, en-
counter with a wilic-t he had sa;n on the
roal. His shirt coll, ,r was thrown open,
disclosing abreast tanned bv the s,n Of
twenty years, aid his inc pressihles. wi ich
seemed 10 be on bad .cr,ns with his feet,
leaving them abaut two feet to the leeward,
were hi,ched up on one side with buck
skin brace, giving them zig z appear
ance.' decidedly unique. Surveying the
assembly for moment, with the attention
he would have given to a menagetie 81
wild beasts, he broke forth thus:
SELLERS, I'd just like to know If there .
a squire in these paris?" @i'tt"i
I'D, sou mean the parish Judge?" asked
an esinnable citizen.
eyes, 'spose-lon't care pine knot
who, SOS he can Go the thing" replied the
stranger, giving his whip peculiar crack.
"What may BE- yonr biisiness, friend?"
inquired a demure sovereign il the crowd.
"Nothin' much, no how,'' replied the
modern Nimrod. II only wants the fellcr
that can harness me and that gal on old
Rather. yonder. She's Just the loulest
gal ] reckon in the setilement--as slick
Is peeled maple. and as clear grit as a
skinned ta,er rolled in the sand; and I'm
called whole team and dog under the
wagon. I've snaked it about these woods
70. a week looking for Squire 10 hitch
us, and wore oul p,if OF deerskin britches
looking for him, and wish | may be ram
med through gum tree head foremost, it
I'm going to pack, Suze any farther. /
came lere TO yoke her, aud here TN goin'
to stay" ss8
The roar Of laughter that followed Ills
simple recital was dea'ening. We LIST
foRr buttons IN cofivnlslve fits. and il is
quite probable we should have suffered
largely in that line hal MT the Parish
Judge arrived at that moment, aud given
new turn to affairs. The Judge, as all
our readers know. is supposed ly many to
be Of Galiic descent. although We have au-
thority j say,hing thai he is 'snative and to
the N NOR bcrn.'' Unlike the great poets
justice, a4oF ia .i
"In fair round belly with good caron lined. sg
Wa.h eyes severe, and beard Of formal cur,
Full of wise saws and modern instances,"
he is as lean as Gral,amite, living entirely
on bran pudding and fricassed ra!isl.es.-
Win the nm lying zeal OF ali fsraelite he
thuhders forth ;ndheinas against four foot
ed animals. and considers orniiholopy ft
study for cannibals These are tle sentf.
snenis OF the Judge, albeit in roli;ics ! :
strangely enough, sgoes the whole hog"
At one time we learn, he was an ex-
FOUNDER Of the Methodist faiah, and tra-
versed The country in company w.th the
devout and exemplary Father Redwine.-
This my account for the very serious cast
Of countenancs peculiar 10 him. On the
present occasion he was dressed in the
height Of the fashion,. He wore s.wcst
Of England" invisible green coat, TIE coli
lar Of which was perpendicular and corded
a "a coltegina, giving the wearer quite
magiste,i.lappcarance. Hi cashmere vest
was button d close up to his chin, over the
top'of which protrnded ap enormous paif
Of jet whiskers, such as ire worn BY brig.
an 4, whom sensitive Young ladies hold in
sHeh high esteem. His pa1saioous, Of
fancy stripe. were neatly slrapned to a psir
of patent leather bco;s, and French kids
encased 'is small delicate hands, in which
La he'll, the Ice ID tssstp 6 to bind fnre,h-