The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-04-04
SERVING A SUBPOENA.

Cupid's piCslock cohtrivsnces-his Gun.
hing will devise ways and means TO open
hem all. A young gentleman had
,ourted a fair lady Of this city.ssand III
was supposed the Two, in due time
would become 'one nesh'-S5tne. liiUeI
quarrel, Of a trivial nature, as ~1ovsfs
quarreIs generally are, occurred. Neither
would confess The wrong to be on their
and espondence were
mutually ssnt back and the match was
broken off The young gentleman imme
distely started for New Orleans, to en
Ter into commercial business. lhnkingI
that distance would lessen the attach.
ment he really felt for The young lady.
When a wmoan is injured OF thinks
"he is injured, by the one she loves. sh'
Is more apt than the malo sex 10 bite
of her own uose,' as The saying is, to
inAlct pain aud be revenged on the Of
Tending OBJECT. II genllemao that the
young lady once rejected renewed his
Iproposals, and was accepted within a
week after her old lover had embukcd
for The soulb. On reaching New O.
leans he found that the distance, intead
Of weakening his attachment, ouIy mad
The lady dearer, he became melancholy
'ni low spirited. The first leter h,
received from Wv York from frieuc
IoG his announced That his old fame Wa
I,horthIy 10 be married to another. H
course was quickly laken-the mex
sorning saw him % board packet shli
bound for Gotham.
The passage was unfortunately long
and The poor fellow chaf,d and lrelied
much, that the passengers began I,
think him derangod or else a IusUve
"5capiog from josIce. The iostant the
vessel touched Dhe warr he dar'ed for
the Office Of his trjend the law5r 1t IS to
nrised 10 see his friend, imagining MIN 4
compile thousand miles awsy.--Aller tb'
usnal SALVATION he exclaimed.
My dear fellow you are ust in tim
70 see the wedding, VI 90 -, your
old sweetheart, is 10 married this moro
,ng OF IL O'Clock, To tell you Ih'
ruth, | dan't believe there is mucl
love about it, aud tina, the girl realIl y
thinks more of one hair Of your heac
hop rhe TO- otunale bridegroom's who'll
1Ody.
Good Cod, Where is she to bt
norrl, in chWcb?
'No, At her fathers honse.'
'dly dear fellow-l-yes -no-yes.
have it. Have you any case coming
on in either of the courls at II o'cIock'
Yes
'rhen fill me up SUBJ naa with Ih'
bride groom's name. Don'l stop 10 ash
tny questions. Ii matters not whether
ne kaows any about the parties in the
suit, BY heavens, Julia shall be mlne!'
His irieni saw his object at once, and
promised 10 carry on the matter. Ine
,ubp9na was made and placed in the
hands of clerk 10 serve upon The un'
.uspecrlng bridegroom the instant he
was seen TO leave his residence, and was
despatched in a cab to wslch the house,
About ten minutes before eleven, as The
soon happy mao was about entering "
coach before the door Of his residence
ne was served with the subpoena.
Cant help it, says the clerk IN reply
o his gesJcuIaliog about 'oo' koow'ns
he parties going to bs married, &c
We shau't reach the Hall now before
1.-The case is the first on calendar-
van :, keep yon bur o minutes, II yo'
lou't 90 heavy foe, Imprisonment
for contempt Sc, SC.
The bridegroom, who was rather OF a
ltmid nature, finally consented, particn
oGy as lhe clerk promised TO send
rend Of his who sat ia the csb, wrap
Ioed up in large cloak, TO the hous
II his bride in eXne citation, cXplainini
he reason Of his absence. The reade
,an imsgiue who This person was
Eleven O'Clock came. but still no bride
groom tie priest began 10 grow 'mPauer
and lhe bride that was 10 be, looked pale 4
agilled when a carriage drove up Ne be
rang and There he isl There he is
muWered many voices. gentleman d.
Indeed enter whose appearance created al
most as much aslonishment 0s that OF Ed
lgar Ravenswood in the hall Of ashton Gas
lla al the marriage Of Lucy Ashton inScou
Bride of Lammermo0r. Tho lady lalnle
l-privae explanation ensued between h
; parents and the lover--and The result WI
thai in 10 minutes after The Two real love