The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-28

xDe county o. away up N the |
mou1Ains," bcasts Of one Of the best judges
= california o. The bench he 10 firm and |
decided, not caring Tire snap Of his finger for
either the applause Of friends or the mutter-
i0gs Of enemies. He ID, perhaps, the most |
devoted man to law in al creation, and has |
his head 90 full Of what he terms sjudicial
talk" that be not unfrequcntly finds himself
making learned charges and passing sentence
outside the court room.
On recent occasion, the judge was called
upon to exercise the "power and authority
in him vested, in the case of young couple !
who wished their hands joined in the holy
bands of wedloek Of course he consented
to perform the pleasing duty, and on the
appointed evening was promptly on hand at
the house where the affair IVES to come off,
The room was crowded by the beauty and
fashion of the town, and none looked more
digni6ed or happy than the Judge himself,
who was dressed within an inch Of his life
1t 10 Customary, ON occasions like the one
referred to, for the people of the mountain
town to pass around the wine quite freely,
and to their everlasting credit we will add,
they consider it no harm to manifest an in
terest in thsjoyous event of'getting married
The Judge is an admirer ofthe fair sex, hav.
ing, in the course of his life, led the third one
to the alter To use his own language, he is
q great believer in weddings" and that he
should become little mellow amid the glo
rious scenes Of the evening, was not to be
wondered at by those who knew him init.
mately. He had the weakness of all good
judges. He would take his 'tod."
The wine had passed ronnd and round
The music had ceased The time for making
Joseph Bowers and Nancy Harkens one had
arrived Every heart throbbed with the most
pleasurable emotions. The young gentle
men desired to know how Joe" would stand
it, and the young ladies were anxious to see
how Nance" would suffer the awful shock.
Others, again who had closely observed the
turn Of affairs during the evening fixed their
attention upon the judge, to see how he wo'd
come out of the scrape.
At length the trying moment was announ.
ced. The judge arose very cautiously from
the chair which he had occupied in the cor.
ner of the room and casting his eye over the
company, he recognized the sheriff of thu
county, who was present as an invited guest.
The Judge had imbibed just enough to make
him forget the nature Of his business. He
was full of his judicial talk" and requiring
to start him. Looking sternly at the officer
be shouted:
sMr. Sheriff, open The court and call them
to order!'
A general twitter followed this command,
in the midst Of which the sheriff took the
"court' gently by the arm, and led him to
his seat in the corner, at the same time in.
forming the august parsonage OF his mistake.
Everything now bid fair for pleasant and
sudden termination ofthe affair, until another
annoyance, which was nothing less than the
absence of the bridegroom, was observed.
1t turned out that he had just stepped
across the street to join his friends in part
ing drink-but before his return, some cold
blooded wag had whispered into the ear of
our foggy judge. the cause Of delay in the
proceedings Instantly the chair il the
corner moved and in that direction all eyes
| were fixed.
Mr.. Sheriff drawlcd out the judge, "bring
Joe into court on q supenar the judge had
his own way of pronouncing the word-then
addressing the bride, who stood in the fore
ground, and hung her head in confusion
he added: spose you re the plaintiff. Well,
don't take on. Innocence and virtue will be
protected by this here court"
This was the saddest blunder of oil The
Judge was again made to see his mistake,
and would have been considerably set back,
had it not been for corrective in the shape
of forty drops Of the critter,' was instantly
applied.
In few moments all was ready in right
down earnest The bridegroom had ar, lived,
full Of Joy. The bride in gorgeous array
stood By his side. The company pressed
forward The excitement was intense
The Judge never looked so digni
fed in his life He evidently felt every inch
jude.
J-Joe BIB overs" commenced the man Of
law, in that distressing style of speech with
which he was invariably troubled when un-
der the influence Of liquor. J'J oe B-Bow-
ers, stand up Have y;;you anything to say
w-why sentence
"Stop, stop. stop, Judg e,' shouted the sher.
id, from the back part OF tne ROOM
"You are not going to hang the man, but
marry him"
The Judge drew long breath, and winksd
rapidly, but stood his ground we'll Recover
ing himself, he proceeded:
- joe b b Bowers, do wye ttake Nancy
II II Harkins for y-your wife, SO h'e-help
y-you-
This was tolerable effort, and Joe nodded
assent.
NN'Nancy H-H Harkins, it now remains
for this here c-court to-
Here the sheriff again interrupted the |
judge, reminding him Of the real business of
the evening
"Miss N-Nancy." resumed the Judge, after
being set right, DIDO y you take Joe Bow
ers for husband, to the best ofyour knowl-
edge and belief or do you not p
You bet, softly answered the light-hearted |
Nancy.
The Judge then took the hands Of the hap
py couple, and joining them, wound up the
business as follows
ltnow remains for this court to pronounce
you, Joe Bowers, and you Nancy Harkins,
man and wife and there the judge paused
to wipe the preparation from his face may
the Lord have mercy on your souls Sheriff
remove the culprits |"
The company roared. The sheriff was
taken with a leaving. The judge let himself
out in glass of apple jack. Taken by and
large, it was the greatest wedding ever wit.
messed.
MAN SEALED UP IN CAR-On Saturday, |
when the fast stock train upon the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad reached Cumberland, a man
was found in A car which had been loaded with |