Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-11

Mistsiti6a Hotel Proprieter for sfHfa-
= Sistruts = Novel Sham .REarriasor Of a
Hraee OF Indiana Lovers, bsfor1lI lo' o
A pair Of unsophisticnted and ingenious
lovers as were ever teeb in The Western
Athens indeed their characters were of the.
pure emerald hue-a7arrived here from Indiana,
ihe other day, for the express purpose of
being united in marriage. With this design,
they proceeded to the Spencer House, where
they supposed they could find all the appli-
snees and conFenien6es necessary 10 their
connubial purpose. ' ~.
Their extremely awkward appearance,
/, their indescribsbly ludicrous ga'iehsrie, pro-
duced some sensation at the hotel but, 10th
ing abssbed, they inquired for the propri-
etor, Col. Pratt, and the worthy and good
natured Boniface having made bis appear
anee, they declared he must marry them. .
The Colonel is extremely amiable, and de-
sirous to accommodate every. one bat the
fulhllmeht of this request was beyond his
capacity; so he respectfully, though firmly,
declined the invitation, declaring it out Of
his power. I. .r
He advised them, however, to get a license
and look up a Magistrate, to which the
rustic "Romeo" answered that he had tried
and could not obtain the legal document; ;
but he wanted to marry her at any rate.
The Colonel now learned that the bucoli-
cist believed him invested with special
power to marry all the people who stopped
at the Hotel, and it was some time before he
could convince his ingenious guest Of his
mistake. .f Itr .r. ..-.
Very much disappointed and grieved was
the lover when he learned the Colonel could
not oficiate, and, turning to his would-be
bride, he declared he would give $40 to any
body who would marry them.
Some one of the by ISLANDERS learned this,
and soon after communicated to the loungers
at the entrance of the Hotel the fact of the
desire and the proposed remuneration for its
qualification.
A few minutes after, while the Indianian
was on the sidewalk on Broadway, loafeE
stepped up to him, and asked him if he wished
to be married, informing him at the same
time that he 1.-THE spesker) was magistrate
and that all that was necessary was to eros;
the river to Kentucky, where licenses were
not required. .a
The arrangements were made in minute
and in less than half an hour, the loafer mar.
ried the pair before four or FIVE hackmen
and stevedores in the back-room of New
Port tgiR-shOp, and received the much. coveted
$40. y. &. .al-s
/ The Indianian departed in high glee, ant
the sham magistrate and his companions
drank to their health and happiness in thet
absence, amid laughter oaths and jests of tn,
most unpoetic character. ..g5 5.t
T. ''That ere ten was easy made Jake, el
boy", r. tt A.s r.a a..
Eyes it was, Bill; 'spose we go into tn
business It's better an drivin' this here lit
O. ours; hain't it2" ....-...-
The married pair left the city for hom
two hours after the Ceremony" convince
that they had been married after the mo'
approved legal forms.
No doubt the ceremony was sufficient
meet the exigency of the case; and we pre-
sumo they will discover no inadequacy i
the unique proceeding to the dispositions an
desires of their new relation. -...