Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-01-20

Do you take this woman TO be your
welded wife y
/ do
Do you take this man to be your
welded husbandl'
Il door faint murmur, or half n
perceptible nod.)
Il pronounce you nan and wife,
Imagine all this said, or mumbled over,
in the shortest possible time, and we
have legal marriage, according to our
obligatory laws.
So stood Lois Arnold and Frank Gill
lett before Squire Millard Lois in a
soft silvery looking silk, with a white
rose in her hair, and another in her hand
and Frank, with his asse athletic person,
set out in a white waistcoat for the oc-
casion, and his face looking any thing
but pale. Even Lois seemed more in
clined to laugh than cry, and some young
ladies whispered, She don't mind it a
bit p
What was the surprise of the compa-
ny, when the Squire, after vain effort
to command his countenance said
Il certify that Francis Gillett and Lo-
is Arnold were lawfully married week
ago.
After this announcement Squire Mil
lard made good his retreat, not being a
dancer, and having, moreover, vague
fear that he might be torn to pieces in
the frantic demonstrations Of surprise
which succeeded the first pause-such a
pause as ensues upon an unusually heavy
clap of thunder.
Every body stood aghast, at first as il
some wrong had been committed and
after the grand surprise was over, and
the aimiables of the neighborhood had
Joined in the dance with new zeal in con-
sequence of the stir occasioned by the
denoument, few dsahected young men,
Sam Brayton and his friends, still stood
aloof, and whispered in corners, casting
now and then look at the newly mar.
ried couple that was anything but friend
ly. They knew very well that the thing
was trick, to avoid certain annoyances
which are not uncommon on wedding oc.
casions in the country when any body
feels aggrieved by the circumstances Of
the marriage. If the right people are
not invited or if the match is so dis
proportioned in age as to excite the in
dignatlon of thesovereign people, or j
some old blue-beard takes a fifth help
mate-any of these causes, or even less
is sufficient to excuse sort Of row, which
is kept up for hours under The windows
or until those concerned open the door
and treat
Ii was plain enough that the party whc
espoused the cause Of the mitten-holde
did not mean to be cheated of their cha
rivar'i; but the dancing went OH, and thu
hilarity of the occasion continued unbro
ken until | o'clock, when the compan,
dropped off, "a wagon full at time, I'll
at length all was quiet, and no sign o
life was left about the premises, excep
q light or two, burning dimly in tn
house.
Then began the din. Bells, guns
drums, tin horns, whistles, frying pan
and shovels, aided the unearthly how
ng of the performers, until the neigh
bors mile off heard the disturbanc.
and the owls in the woods hooted in cor
cert. This went on for an hour or two
but there were no sigus of capitulatior
on the part of the fortress. The lighI
burned on as quietly as ever, and not
sound could be heard, though Sam Bray
ton laid his ear to the window, and Ii!
tened with all his might. Further de
/ monstrations were now Judged advisable
and bunch of thick rods was procure,
with which the assailants beat again
the house itself, which being partly boa
r ded, produced prodigious reverber;
S ton. Still no door opened. Guns wei
f fired as near the windows as possible
pebbles were thrown down the Gimme
and pig hung by the leg TO the late
OF the door but no remonstrance WI
heard. By this time the night had S
e far waned that symptoms of dawn bega
e to be observable in the east, and the col
spirators, weary and disappointed, b.
, gan to talk of going home to bed.
I ''ve worked harder than / ever d
i in harvest said one.'
e Harvest = exclaimed another
n 'Thrashing times nothn' to it LIE,
d 60 home
$ Stop minute said Sam Brayto
4 stung at the i'll success of his plans l
# make 'em come out yet 7 and with Il
i words he threw a large stone at the VI
per window, with force enough TO bres
r it, sash and all, but not TO endang
: those within.
s Upon the accomplishment Of this fe
It the whole party fled, for the law hi
G great terrors for the backwoodsma
J. though he inhicts il upon others wi
If small provocation. Every one ran hon
9 and crept into bed as quietly as possibl
,. lest the offence should be charged upC
}. him, which would have brought Il
r double punishment Of expense and mo
tiiication--so complete was the failure
e In spite of all these precautions, ho'
$ ever, the matter was brought home
3 Sam Brayton so undeniably that he w