Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-03-04

IRE. 8. n.ssSpIn ss'i..i. y
Not iaae aimee = Coulsdessts solder
sssureed tvon the ~ss TO Ms home nest
the State Lps dividisg Ksotucky sod
Tenaes.ce. Tho asst bus.ness he Al.
tsude u. saa asss Of nassying the ai'l
hs hsd left D h,sd when be first started
out - aeek the bubble reputstion ut the
lannon's ssop,h. A las,e pasty we're
gotten up, ~ the bsids'. family, and .
wsa who uss osscedsd tasbe . Jsslice
Of the Pssce, bscsuse be bAd held the
.Gsce for tsenty years before tao cruel
wss had ssmmsscsd, performed the Ger.
emory that united two loving hearts
tbae bad but . single ihorght. After
these r,,es had bcen obses we'd, there was
. fesst OF hog and hominy, roast tsikey,
pumpkin pisa, etc, and several g.lloas Of
forty rod whisky TO Be discussed. Ia
the course # human events the newly
welded pair were pus to bed, according
TO the custom st,ll in vogue among the
rural population.
They had scarcely began 10 realize the
"situstion" before there va great rat
ting At their chamber door, and ar i'm
perstive dsmsnd for them 70 asiss.
Some praying people had just d iscovered
that the magistrale was not Justice ii
oil. Alarm took them I'll, and another
Justice was sent for, who lived some
miles distant. Before midnigh the knot
Wa tied sg,io, and the auxioas couple
~ere suffered to retire TOR the second
time.
The first ooptreteDps WAS discuss 4
,eely by those who Dad not gone home,
'asd the various coutingeuc es OF the
matter investigated thoroughly. All .,
once it We found out thst the last Jus
,ice lived in Ka'ntuck, while the ce,e
0ony had been performed i,st over the
line IN Tennessee. There was . hurry
ing up etairs. and another arousioR oil
the bride and groom. They came
down sta'rs somewhat dissatisfied with
the turn matters had t"ken, and then
she whole party went down The road
three.quarte,s Of . niIs till they got into
the State whore the SOU 70 livet, and
there, the Wedding rites wire ,erformed
for the the third time. The brides
m .'ther, not satisfied with all th come
dy o. errors, hsd, rs,ne time before, d ..
patched . swift ms.sen ger for . stated
PREACHER, and chen they got back to
the pate nal m..osion, to make things
.sie, the knot was lied for tie four,l,
ti'nc by the man Of Col. By this time
the fret gimse OF daylight was strsskiog
sbe eastern eky.
Wsaried ont BY tho experiences and
snx'eties Of the night, thy were at last
suffered to retire in pace. Half en- hour
had not elapsed hefo'e there wss anoth
ronf son IN tue house. A laundering
knock at tho chamber door oft you, .
couple made the groom thoroughly mao
He told whoever It WAS it wa "too Ia, {"
and swo's be would OF get up sgaiu 10,
al the mistakes in the world. He would
whip the frat man that DISTURBED him
again, he dida't caro- Who it was. A
grutf demand to open the door If be
did not wish to have It beaten dowa, q ID
the rattle Of mu ket decided him once
more TO submit 10 the imposition.
I On opening the portal, he uas con-
ifrOnted by Federal soldier, and the
word "you are my prisoner, come with
op.''
Vainlv did he plead to have the priv.
ilege Of giving bail for bis appearance,
and ali bis offers OF bribes were a. use
less a. the idle ~ind. Tho officer charv.
ed with his arrest was inexo'able, end
now the chap is spending his sh re Of
the honey moon Mt Columbia, in the
quart house, while the d,sconsolste
maid, his bride, weeps for him at home.