The North-Carolinian., 1858-07-17
NORTH CAROLINIAN.
Marriage at an Early Dav.
F4YETTE n. G.

Marriage at an Early Dav
license to marry is often wanted when
it cannot be had; but poor one is better
than none when in hurry. Witness the
/ following:
/ In the early days of Texan independence,
a youth, an eccentric genius, still living and
reigning, was clerk Of one of the western
counties. The village quite secluded in
the prairie, and the Squire pastured his cows
on the broad acres around, bringing them
home at night, and letting them 60 out to
grass in the morning. He kept bell ON
one of them to aid him in finding them; but
one morning.as he was letting them loose,
he perceived the c]apper of the bellwas lost
substitute by making fast in the bell of his
office key. Not till he reached his Office
did it occur to him that he should want the
key, but finding himself locked out, he
betook himself to other matters, proposing
to recover the key at night. About noon
rough-and-ready young Texan, dressed in
buckskin, came riding into town, inquired
for the clerk, scared him up, and asked for
a mafafage license.
! Sorry can't accomod odate::y QUITO do-day
but its no 60
''Why not? I'm going to be spliced to-
| night, and | must have it, whether or no.
But the fact is said the clerk, my office
is locked up, and the COW is gone away with
the key.
The ccw!-what does the COW want with
the key?''
So the old fellow told the whole story, and
the two set off for the prairie to find the cat
tie and get the key. But the more they
looked the less they found, and finally had
to give it up. A bright thought struck the
clerk Of the county.
sI'll fix you OUT said he, and young Z ex-
as jumped rod, so tickled was he to be fix
ed out of the fix he was in. They proceeded
to the store close by the Office, and there
the county scrise indited the following para
graph:
:REPUBLIC OF TExAs-To all who shall
see this present, greeting: Whereas, l, the
undersigned, clerk of this county, having
this morning unthoughtedly tied my Office
key as clapper in my cows bell, and where
as, rne SAID COW mas gone astray to parts
unknown, bearing with her the said key, and
therefore the said key is non inceutus est
ner Barnes has made application to me for
| marriage license, and the said Abner per-
| sists that he cannot wait until the COW comes
back with the key, but is compelled by the
violence Of his feelings and arrangements al
| ready made, to get married. Therefore
| these presents are to command any person
legally authorized to celebrate the rites of
matrimony, to join the said Abner Barnes
to Miss Rebecca Downs, and for so doing
this shall be your sufficient authority.
Given under my hand and private seal on
the doorstep Of my offce-the seal of the
Office being locked up, and my COW having
gone away with the key-this fourth day Of
October, A. d. 1888.
l THE BURIAL-PLACE.-What a multitude
of thoughts crowd upon the mind in the con-
temptation of such scene! How much of
the future, even in it's far distant reaches,
rises before us with all it's persuasive reali-
ties! Take but one little narrow space of
time, and how affecting its associations.
Within the fight of one half century, how
many of the great, the good, and the wise
will be gathered here! How many in the
loveliness of infancy, the beauty of youth,
the vigor Of manhood, and the maturity of
age, will lie down here, and dwell in the
bosom of their mother EARTH The rich and
the poor, the gay and the wretched, the fa-
vorites of thousands, and the forsaken of the
world, the stranger in his solitary grave,
| and the patriarch. surrounded by the kim
dred Of a long lineage! How many will
here bury their brightest hopes or blasted
C expectations. How many bitter tears will
here be shed How many agonizing sigs
will here be heaved How many trembling 9
feet will cross the pathways and, returning
J. leave behind them the dearest objects OF
e their reverence of their love!-EvERETT.
t, THE WAY TO EMINENCE.-Long ago Z
r little boy was entered at Harrow school
he He was put into class beyond his years
Eandwhere all the scholars had the advantage
= of previous instruction denied to him. Hi:
lmaster child him for his dullness, and all his