Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-07-02
SERVING A SUBPOENA

1t is singular what shifts love will make to accom-
plish its objects Bolts, gates aud bars, little
avail against Cupids pick-lock CONFERENCE.-The
cunning will devise ways and means To open them
ALL A young gentleman had courled fr ladyuf
this city, and it supposed the two, in due time
would become zone flesh" Some little quarrel of
trivial nature as lovers quarreIs generally are,
occurred, Neither would confess the wrong on
their side-presents aud correspondence were mu.
tually sent back--and the match was broken off,
The young gentleman Immediately started for New
Orleans to enter into a commercial business, think.
ing that distance would lessen the attachment he
really felt for the young lady
When woman is injured, or thinks she is in
ured, by the one she loves, she is more apt than
the male to "bite of her own nose," as the say
ing is TO nnct pain and be reyenged on the offend
ing object. gentleman that the young lady once
rejected renewed his proposals, and was accepted
within week after her old lover had embarked for
the South On reaching New Orleans he found
that distance instead of weakening his attachment,
only made the lady dearer and he became mean-
choly and low spirited The first letter he recey-
ed from New York from friend Of his announced
that his old "lady-ove" was shortly TO be married
to another His course was quickly laken-the
next morning saw him on board packet ship,
bound for Gotham.
The passage unfortunately was long, and the
pOOI ltlioW Tetleu 50 HuCO, kndt Tue
passengers began TO think him deranged or else a
fugitive escaping from justice. The instant the
vessel touched the wharf, he darted for the office Of
his friend lawyer. 1t is TO be supposed the latter
much surprised TO see his friend, imagining him
couple of thousand miles away. After the usual
saluations, he exclaimed
my dear fellow, you are Just in time to see the
wedding. Miss -, your old sweetheart is TO be
married this morning at | / o'clock. To tell you
fbof rtthI kol.. al.
1t, and that the girl really thinks more Of one hair
of your head, than of the fortunate brdegroous
whole body"
Good God Where is she to be married-in
church 2"
"No. At her fathers house"
"My dear fellow, I-I-yes-no-yes, | have it,
Have you case coming on in either of the courts
at II o'clock Z"
"Yes."
"Then fill up subpoena with the brdegrooms
name. Don't stop 10 ask any question. 1t mat
tiers not whether he knows anything about the par
ties in the suit. BY heavens, Julia shall be mine p
His friend saw his object at once, and promised
to carry on the matter The subpoena was made
out and placed in the hands of clerk to serve on
the unsuspectng bridegroom the instan; he was
seen leaving his residence, and he was despatched
in cab to the watch house. About ten minutes
before eleven, as the soon.tohappy man was about
entering coach before the door Of his residence,
he was served with the subpoena
Cant help it," said the clerk in reply to his
gesticulating about mot knowing the parties" ego
ing TO get married." etc. 1--WE shan't reach the
Hall before eeven-the case is the first on the cal
endar-wont keep you but ten minutes. If you
don't go, fine and imprisonment for contempt OF
court"
The bridegroom, who was Of rather timid ma
ture, finally consented, particularly as the clerk
promised TO send friend of his who sat in the cab
wrapt up in large cloak to the house of his bride
in expectation, explaining the reason of his alb
sence. The reader can imagine who this person
was
Eleven o'clock came, but still no bridegroom
The guests we're staring at each other-the priest
began to grow impatient-and the bride that was
to be, began to look pale and agitated when car
rage drove up, the bell rang, and "There he is '
There he is" muttered many voices gentle.
man did indeed enter. whose appearance created al
most much establishment as that Of EDWARD
RAvENswooD in the hall of Ashton Castle, at the
marriage of Lucy ASHTON, in SCoTT's bride OIL
Lammermoor The lady fainted-pryate expla
nations ensued between her parents and loyer-and
the result was, that the two real lovers were Joined
in the sacred bonds of matrimony much TO the sat
isfacon Of ALL
The bridegroom that was TO have been, soon after
made his appearance, putting and blowing Wha
he said and what he did, on beholding his rival and
being made acquainted with the condition Of az
fairs, was really tragi.comical.
The story of the subpoena shortly leaked out'and
has created so much amusement, that the poor Eel
low declares he will sue the lawyer for Sl0, 00(
damages in subpenaing him as witness n CASE
he knew nothing about, and by which he lost
wife. 1t will be novel suit indeed, If he shoulC
do so-Noah's Hessenger