Mountain Democrat., 1857-12-26
For the Democrat.

GROR0ETOwN, Dec. Nth, IhII,
EpIToRs DRNocRAT; Many inquiries have been
made Of late Of the whereabouts n one Of wur-
Ihy county Ohicials, whose residence ia not a thou
sand miles from our town, hut AZ no satisfactory
reason could be given why he had fOrsAken home,
Il remained matter Ofspccmlation until yesterday,
when it wna explained by one Of his particular
friends, who related an incident that occurred AOOn
aneT the late election. II waa Rftcr this wise -
soon aiter the result VI the election became known,
Some friend informed our friend alluded tO, that he
would have to sOlcmniIe the bonds Of atTimony IN
a few days, as two youthful lovers were RbOut tn
eonsumate their fond desires by union. This was
~ joyful TO our worthy sIccrssful friend for,
besides being excessively modest, he had not seen
kIrm Of the ceremony for many years. II there
E,re became necessary for him to ruminatc IN his
nind the subject, and try to make himself familiar
with Il. Amer mature reflection he came To the
conclusion that he could perform the ceremony -
but, nevertheless, II causing him some uncaSincss
he, in taking walk one dark night near the butch
eE's corral, happened to approach two StumpH
atanding near each other, and concluded tn HO
through the ceremony there, and began by address
sinR the masculine stump. Of course the rrrIN,nse
vas satisfactory On turning to address the other,
the lady stump, he drew nearer With all the grace
and dignity Of q. Rev. silver haired gentleman,
when he was startled by the appearance Of LCkc
and his dog sam, spiirful little cuss, who were
concealed behind the stump, eagerly watching the
snoV emcnts Of our friend. Lekc's over charged
sisiblity could no longer bc held in the bond- IT
RrspEictS, although the occasion Was solemn aud
imPRessiWe- IL an ungardcd mOmcn he pattrd sam,
che AaStoOk IL for signal Ia charge, and charge
ke AA eur worthy official "hecl,ng IL" for town
At 9tO pace, closely followed by the ill-naturcd
Kam. Ne has mAnifested desire TO Keep away
MGn Zeke aud SAW since. --'-'-'----
The whole affair reminds hue Of an incidcnt in
real life which heard when boy. Joe Tumpkius
had little dog ~hleh he called Kockrt. lie was
. great aght@F, and Tompkins was in the ham, Of
making his liquor BY betting that Rocket could
whip anything Of has size. On one occasion he was
Dragging aboIt his aug, when n man who was pres.
ent with . monkey, bet him he could make the
Saonkey whip his dog. In an evil hour Joe tWnk
the bet, the prcliniuarcA were soon arranged, and
they we're piitcd against each other. The monkey
vas AeiiVe thAt he was underneath, on top, be-
fore behiNd, N Such quick succession that h.
~orTied the dog, without making effort tu fight,
suddenly he caught Rocket by the tail with his
paws, and SeiEed IL between his teeth, which was
Sueh . atrunge and unfair hold that Rocket broke
and run for tAc hill. Here he remained for several
As.S, putting sp most pitcous howl, but not ven
RGinG home Finally Joe, being out Of all patience
wah Rocket, cent out and yelled-"Hcrc, R"ckct;
here, ROcket-cOmr home, you drrncd fDol, the
noatey's VSAe" 80 We would say To our i,,Ld,
zckcS gsAc! +. L. y.