The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-12-03
A Minnesota Lawsuit.

In the scmirural district Of Winona,
forty miles north oi this city on the Min.
nesota side of the Mississippi river, lives,
nong other people, a jolly good fellow
of justice OF the peace, whuse ideas of
matters are much like the current of u
deep river. Once started in deep
river, il is hard to turn them. On fair
day last week, after the lOxlo law dis
pcnsury las been swept, after the chairs
hud been set in short row against the
side Of tho Office, und sundIy whipped
quids of tobacco and mutilatcd cigar
stubs had been kicked under the stove,
there was u wooden step on the stairs
and vigorous knock at the dour.
"Cumc in," said the justice, ss he set.
tied into legal look SO befiting u man
Of law duly elected to dispense the luyJrs
of the blind goddess.
A stout woman entered. She had on
short wollen drcss--woodi
shocs-sportcd red checks, black hair,
and eyes that snapped like the lock of u
shut gun. In Portuguese scccn,, aud
in the worst possible English, she said /:
Z" You lOw.man |"
Yes, madam be seated"
"Want paper. Want paper to take
man."
Just then stout French half.brecd On.
tered the room. lie was unable to
speak half a dozen words, and looked
either scared or bashiul. The Judge saw
at once that there was u marriage To
come of, and said 10 the women, who
stocd with compressed lips watching the
justice aud the door
"Wunt paper to take this man 2"
ayes, want paper. Me teach him.
Nice woman thought the justice.l lie
no good man. Nc take him So quick as
can I"
"All right, my covcs--fx you in the
jerk Of a lambs tail - said the justice, as
he turned TO the man and said
"You know this womcn-can yon take
her :"
The man shook his head and muttcrcd
unintelligible words.
"Ah see. Can't talk English
Well, never mind"
He ran into the street, invited a few
friends up stairs, and on returning with
them said to the woman
You want to take this man for better
or for worse !"
ayes, me want to take hlm--me pay"
"All right Then turning 10 the
man, who stood trembling
"You take this woman for better or
for worse, and promise to keep her" &c.
Umph I" and several mods of the
head.
"Theu in tho name Of the law, and by
virtue of the authority in me vested.
pronounce you man aud wife" And he
stepped forward before the woman could
say word, and kissed her red lips.
Slap came her hand in his face, and
she clutched his huir. The new hus-
bond jumped in TO take the woman away,
and to protect her Us the justice supposed
when in self-preservOtion no hit him
rap on the nose. The women pitched
into the new husband, who in turn pitch.
ed into her, and for about FIVE minutes
there was general hustling, and dis.
play OF legs, gsrtcrs, ard things decided
y astonishing.
At last the parties were separated,
when the man and woman took another
turn at each other, the blood and hair
flying in all directions. Down cnnn the
stove over went the table, clatier went
the chairs, and into the street like mad
went the Justice with black eye, and
the bosom OF his skirt looking Ike war
ranty deed covered with red seals.
A crowd.rushed up stairs and found the
man ani woman lying on the floor, hug
ging each other like young bruins. their
arms and legs mixed up worse than toma.
to vines, the woman or top
The newly couple were sepera.
ted, when through the aid OF two inter-
prefers, II was discovered that the night
before the parties, occupying ourning
shantes in the lower pass of the town,
had got into quarrel over a stove pipe,
which was claimed by both, and from
words they had came To blows. Each
party had hastened to the justiee's Office
In the morning for a warrant, for the
other with the resnlt US stated above
The last news fron there was, that tho
parties had gone 10 search Of another
justice to unmerry them, while the eeaisl
cause OF their terrible sqaabbls was s'set-
ting up the boys" apd bathing bis bung-
ed eve with whiskcy. For an actual fact
il is the richest within our knowiedgs'--
La Crosse Demoerei,