Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-16
Getting Married.

low scourge, the business of getting mar
ried proceeds about the same old rate. II
may be that the fever, preaching So forcibly
as it does the uncertainty of life, rather
stimulates the formation of the sexual Atm
tiles and promotes marriage There are a
few who, enjoying health themselves, and
surrounded by suffering and death which
does not appeal directly to them, who do
not feel the impulse to make the most of life
whilst it lasts, Of health whilst they have it I;
their hearts beating responsive in particular
to old Bob Herrick' advice: .a7E . Il
''Gather ye rosebuds willie ye may" etc.
From an instance or two related to us
within few days past, we rather believe
that with some people the hymenial fe-
yer becomes an epidemic, and results in the
most sudden and abrupt marriages. Here
is case number one:
Two men entered the office of an uptown
Justice of the Peace, and applied to the
gentlernanly clerk for marriage license
The fatal book was opened, and the marry
ing man and his friend, who went as wit
ness, had their names put down Id due form,
'tWhat's the lady name gentlemen ~ ask
ed the clerk, holding his pen over the blank
destined for the name. Both the gentlemen
were silent. The witness looked at his
friend, and the latter looked all sorts Of
ways. He looked At the ceiling, and at
the floor, spit out his tobacco, and crossed
his legs stroked his whiskers, and scratch
ed his head; took a new chew Of t6bacco,
and uncrossed his legs. .'The lady's name,
liz you please gentlemen r repeated the
clerk. The marrying man then laughed,
and said, "Well, I'm d-difI ever thought
to ask it Do you know her name Tom n
Tom hesitated awhile, and was forced to ad-
NIT that he didn't know the lady's name Ell.
Their. The clerk, astonished, spoke UP,
''lt's rather strange, gentlemen" he said
'that you should come here for license Of
marriage, and not know the .lady's name"
| The marrying man said: '.Well, sup
pose ! might as well explain it as not. A
| came down the river, there was lady
on the boat rather took a fancy to, and al
she took just as big fancy to me, and hac
some property to back it with, we agreed tt
get married. But how came to forge
! asking her name, is more than I can &C
count for Finding that he could not pc
the license without THE iady's iiariine; Ii
went9out with his friend, returned in hal
an hour, and gave the name il full. Til,
license was paid for, and the gentleman left
The clerk has read the marriage reports ey
: cry day since, but has not as yet seen any
thing of the contamination of the marriag
of the steamboat lovers. And here is mum
Der two, very similar one (:
A man famous about town some year
ago for the quantity Of heavy gold jewelr
he carried On Sundays - everybody, {
cours, will recollect Duncan, the jewel ma
: got married a few days since; q fat
| showing that his taste for jewelry has ur
t dergone very happy change When h
9 went with his friend to get his license Of
downtown justice of the Peace, the fol
malities went on smoothly till the lady
! name was asked. /" What's the lady
! name?'' asked the clerk. q Mary" an
1 swered the bridegroom q Mary what
t The happy man couldn't answer. He ap
pealed to his friend, and he too was ignc
rant. In hisquiet; good humored way, Dur
t can then confessed that lie was ashamed
himself. He had known and courted til
: girl several months, as Miss Mary, withou
ever taking the trouble to think whethe
she had another name or not. He was
a dilemma. There would be fuss if th
f girl found out he didn't know her name.-
:. After some cogitation with his friend an
T an agreement to go out and discover tt
BRIDES name without letting her know any
| thing about it, they left. In half an hou
: they returned and reported success. Th
!; name was given, the license issued, an
, soon the Wedding came off-Neao Orleaa
: Crescent.