The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-12-03
A Slip betwoen the Oup and Lin.


How gentleman" Of the Irish pur
suasion was suddenly procluded from
realizing the dearest aspirations OF his af.
fectona,e heart by joining his destiny TO
The Budget OF his choice. the agent in
the case being his lawful but deserted
wife, is thus related By the Cleveland
Plain Deoler OF Friday evening. The
scene must have been peculiarly unuluous:
Two men and two women called Mt
Squire Miller's Office about o'clock last
evening aud said they wanted to be mar
ried he porti,s were Irish The
Squire asked them iC they hal liccuses,
and they said they hadn't lie told them
to 80 to the Probate Cour', ,1rocure the r.
quired documents. and be would marry
them. They accordingly started off for
the Probate Court. They had not been
gone long before young and buxom
Irish woman bounded violently into the
office, aud hurriedly asked:
"llav yes married a couple tonight,
'Squre?"
Constable Macarthur was present and
told her how matters stood.
"Tle basteW exclaimed the woman,
'be's my own lawful husband-t was
married 10 him three years ago in roron.
TO. lie pounded NE this morning, tore
up the marriage license and swofe hpd
get married afore night TO another wo-
man.
Macarthur told the woman to seorete
herself In q closet and wien her false
husband returned from The Probate Court
to rush out and seize him by the hair
when he stood up 90 be ''jned" 10 his
new-found woman The woman nqroed
to the proposition and secrated hcrsolf at
once. Pretty soon the party returned
with their licenses, made cut in regular
and proper form.
The first couple requested TO stand up
was the closeted woman's husband aud
his new.Gound lady-ove. lie gave his
name as james Reynolds and the woman
gave her name as Bridget Griffin 10
she Squire's question if he had ever boon
married? James replied that no had, but
his wife had died three years ago Ia To-
ronso, The dead woman hore thrust her
head wildly out Of the closet and shook
her 6st fefoely ~ the wicked James
Tie Squire told the pair TO join hands
They did 80, when tho dead woman in
the closet, unable to oohtsin herself loug.
er, rushed out aud seized James by the
hair Of his head.
vard rdRsyieany SmiegGo. "0rad au, berrIu,
lam L, Jamie2 Look me in the face, yer
blaggard Amt your own legul wife,
yer spalpaue?'
Had twenty eight consolidated thun
derbolts descended into the Office, james
could not have been moro amazed. i
was dramatic picture over which Dior
Bouroicault and Charles Reado would
have gono nearly mad with delight ooulc
they have seen it. The woman Will
Jamie by the hair: Jamie cowed, glun
and shsky at the knees: the other (whC
were waiting to be made one) olinging
frantically to each other: the Squire and
the Constable about on the point Of burst
ing with laughter. all, all formed scene
as rich as "slapjacks and merasses."
"Do you know this woman, James?"
asked the Squire, with IS much gravity
as he could muster on so short notice.
James burst suddenly from the woman,
seized the poker, got behind two chairs.
aud said:-"No."
"Then, said the Squire. 81 will mar
ry you"
$50 on, Jamie-marry another wife
l won't interrupt ye's--but III put yes
in the peniteutiary rs soon's 'tis done
Saying which she rotreated again tJ the
closet,
jamie stood confused aud undecided
for moment, and then seized his hAt aud
darted out of the Office like lightning,
leaving his dead wife, his intended live
wife, aud the other couple to settle mat,
ters among themselves. Tho other coup
le, no objections being made and theil
license being all right, were then unitet
by the Squire and left rejoicing on thei
way They were soon followed by jamie,
dead wife aud his LATE intended live one
who Immediately on reaching the Sidewalk
pitched Curiously into each other. Con,
stable MoAr.hur went down and parted
them, aud sent them away in opposite
! dirAf tone