St. Mary's beacon., 1862-02-20

; 10 be wssdcred At By those who knew hin
/; Immediately. He had the weakness at Al
go"d judges. He weuld take his '',od. !"
The vine had passed. rouad aud roans
md round. The muse had ceased. II,
tame fw Masking Joseph Bowers md Nan,
;sg Hsrka-s one. hsd arrired. kres,
heart thseDUdd VITA the most delightful
emotions. The young gentlemen desirec
to Know how ''Jec" would stand il, anG
the young ladies we're anxious to see how
Nance" would suffer the anxious shock
Others. again. who had closely observer
the turn Of affairs during fhe evening
fixed their attention upon the Judge, te
see how he would come out Of th.
scrape.
AT length the trying moment was an
nounccd. the Judg. rose very cautious.
ly from the chair. which he oce ipird in
one corner Of the room. and casting hi.
eyes ever the company. he singled out the
Sheriff Of the county. who was present as
an invited guest. The Judge had just
imblbed enough to make him forge. the
nature o: his business. He was full ol
bis '.j"licial talk" required nothing bu,
the presence Of the Sheriff to start him
Looking s.ernly At tho officer. he shout.
ed =
.'Mr. Sheriff, open the Court. and call
order"
A general litter followed this command.
in the midst Of which. the Sheriff took the
court" gently BY the arm. ani led him
to his scat in the corner st the same time
informing the august parsonage Of the mis-.
take.
Everything now bid fair for q pleas
ant and sudden termination Of tho affair
until another annoyance. which was n"th.
ing else than the absence If the bride.
groom. WIS observed II turned ou,
that he had just stepped across the
street to join his friends in = parting
drink but before his return. some cool
bloodcd wag had whispered into the ca,
Of our old fngy the cause Of delay IT the
proceedings" INSTANTLY the cLair in thc
corner moved. aud in that direction all
eyes were fixed.
Mr.. Sheriff. slowly bawlcd the
Judge. bring Joe ins" the court on a
supenar-,he Judge had his own way
Of prOnouncing the word-thcn addrcs-
sing the bride who stood in the fore
ground. AMI hung her head in dce,
confusion, he added "s'pose you are
the plaintiff. Well. don't take on. Inno-
cence and virtue will be protected in this
here court"
This was the saddcst blunler Of all
The Judge was again made to see Lis
mistskc. and would have been consider
ably set hack had it not been for a
corrective in the shape nf forty drops
Of the crittcr.' which he INSTANTLY ap-
piled.
In few moments all was ready in
right down earnest The bridegroom
had arrived. full Of joy. The excite
ment vas intense He evidently felt eve.
ry inch Judge.
"J-J-o-o B- -Bo-w-e-r.s." commenced
the man Of law. in that distressing styl.
Of speech with which he was invariably
troubled when under the influence If Il.
quor "J-J-o-c B-B-"-o-w-e-rr, stand
up. Have y-y-y"u anything to s-s.ay
w-w-vhy s.s-scnfence--.'
Stop. stop. stop. Judge" shouted the
Sheriff from the back part Of the room :;
"you arc not going to hang the man, bu,
marry him."
The Judge drew long breath and blink.
Ell rapiily. but >tood his ground we'll Re.
covering hinsclf be proceeded:
''J-J-o-e B-B-o-w-c-rs. DO y-you t..ak.
Nancy H-Harkins. for y-your wife, 90
help you God!'
This was . toler.ile effort. and Joe
nodded asssnt.
mn. Nancy Harkins. it now remains
fur this C-court to-"
Here the Sheriff again interrupted the
Judge. reminding hilu of the real busiae.s
of the evening.
Miss N-Nancy." resu.sel the Judge
after being set right. "d-d-6o y-y-y"u
t-ssks J-J-o-e B. Bowers for q husband
t-sn the best Of your knowledge aud be-
licf, or do-do sou not e
You can bet WILL" ssfly answered
the light hearted Nancy.
The Judge then took the hands Of the
happy c"upIr. aud j.siued them. wound up
the business 40 fullews:
1T now -r-r-rc,asisi for this h-here
C-Court to pronouscc sou Joe Bowers
and y-you Nancy Harkens. man and wife
and (here the Judge paused to wipe the
prespiratinn frnm his face ''m-may e.
G-tiod-Or-misy h-h-have mercy on y-y-
y"ar s-s-souls: sheriff. rcs.ove the cul-
prits r
The company reared. Joe aud Nancy
weakened. The Sheriff Mas taken With
> lcssing. The Judge l.s himself ous
lsssse in q glass Of sppl-jsck. II Was the
greatest wedding ever witnessed.
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