Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-06
TIE EVENING STAR.


M3nnesetA Law 1utts gf
ria so,ovinr. nom the La Crosse Democrat
Tor an actual feet, u the richest within our
=. =. sem,.ruraa district Of winona, forty
niles north Of tAis city on the Minnesota side
q the Mississippi river, lives. among SCI eral
ether people, . Jolly good fellow Of Justice
VIE the current 81 = deep ravsr Once started
n deep river 1t 10 hard to turn them. On
fair day last week. after the 1txl2 law dispen-
bad been swsp. sassT s sds Of the ONCE
and sundry whipped guilds OF tocacco ana
mutiiassd cigar stub. aad zen tn, M .e a1sis.
Ia .asarC,ss knock at the door
rCorne 81, j" said the Justice, ~ he settled into
legal hook 60 betting q mAn q law duly
a stout woman entered. She had on q short
WOODEN dress, wooden soied shoes, sported red
the lock OF a shot gun. In Portuguese ac-
cent, and in the worst possible English, she
uYou law mani" --. r ..
AYES. madam; be seated"
"W art paper, Want paper to take man"
inst then stout French half breed entered
the rccn. He was unable to speak q half
dozsn words, and looked either bashful or
scared. The Judge saw at once thar a mar
riage was TO come on, and said to the woman,
Wbo stood with compressed lips watching the
Justice and the door:
.swant paper to take this man ~
ayes, want paper. Me teach him. Mice
woman, thoughtthe Justice.) He no good man
Ne take him SO quick as can"
aAn right, my coviee-hx you in the jerk Of
. lambs tail - said the Justice, as he turned to
ths man and said HYou know this woman
can you take herl"
The man shook his head and muttered unin.
.Ah! see. Cant.aik English. Well never
He ran into the street, invited few friends
mp Stairs, and on returning with them said to
the woman
"Yeu want to take this man for better or for
"Yes-me want to take him-me pay
GAN right"
Then turning to the man who stood trem-
bling s.s
and promise to keep her." &c, DC.
'.G,nph ~ and several mods OF the head.
"Thsn in the name Of law, and virtue of the
and wife" And he stepped forward before
the woman could say a word and kissed her
red lips.
N,ap came her hand in his face, and she
clutched his hair. The new husband jumped
in to take the W oman away, and to protect her,
rs the Justice supposed, when in seif preser va
TOR, he hit him rap on tne nose me woman
PITCHED into The new husband, who, In turn,
nj cbpd into her, and for about fl w minutes,
mere VS. general husuing and a display of
legs, garters and things decidedly astonishing.
Al last, The parties were separately
the man and woman took another turn at each
other, the blood and hair flying in all direc-
tons. Down came the stove, over went the
table, clatter went the chairs, and into the street
like mad went the Justice with a black eye and
the bosom of his shirt looking like warranty
o. ed covered with red seals!
A crowd rushed up stairs and found the man
and woman y ing on the floor, hugging each
other like young bruins, their arms and legs
mixed up worse than tomato vines, the woman
On top! s.
The newly married couple were separated,
when through the aid OF two interpreters it
was discovered that the night before, the par
ties, occupying adjoining shanties in the lower
part Of the town, had got in quarrel over
stove pipe, which was claimed by both. and
from words they had come to blows. Each
party had hastened to the Justices Office III the
morning for warrant for the other, with the
result as stated above. The last news from
there was that the parties had gone in search
Of ar ether justice TO unmarry them, while the
senial cause of their terrible squab5le was
''se.ting up the boys" and bathing his bunged
eye in caynphor and whisky. E -