The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-03-10

II oUotc0eo IRON oky 10 NJ
nany,ss Uader Diacul.le..
Not long since . Confederate soldier
rsturnea11 rorA' The war to his home nesr
the State line dividing Kentucky aud
Tenn sssSs. The FIRST busioess he attend
cd to Wa that of marrying the girl he
had left behind when be first started out
to seek the bubble reputation at the can.
mons mouth. A large party we're got.
ten up BY the brides family, and q man
who was conceded to be . Justice of the
Peace, because he had held tho Office for
twenty years before the cruel war had
commenced, performed the ceremony that
united tso- loving hearts thst he'd but .
single thought. After these rites had
been observed, thcre was feast Of hog
and hominy, roast turkey, pumpkin pies,
&c., and several gallons Of forty rod
whisky to be discussed. In the course
Of human events the newly welded pair
were put to bed, according to the custom
still in vogue among the rural population.
They bad scarcely began to realize the
"sltuatlon' before there vac . woo, ,.t-
Ting at their chamber door, and 40 i'm
perative demand for them to arise. Some
praying people had jus. discovered that
the magistrate was not regularly elected
officer, and was not Justice at ALL
Alarm took them all, and another Justice
was sent for who lived some miles dist
anti Before pidsigbt the knot was tied
again, and the anxious couple were suf.
fered to retire for the second time.
Ths FIRST contretemps was discussed
freely By those who had not gone home,
and the vsrious contingencies Of the mat
ter invesa gstsdsh oFoushly. All At once
it was 9tnd ont Inst the last Justice
lived in Kaintuck, while the ceremony
had been performed just over the line 10
Tennessee. There was a hurrying up
stairs, ssd another arousing Of the bride
aud Aboa. y They came down stairs
somewhat dissatisfied with the turn mat.
tiers had taken, aud then the whole party
went down the road three quarters of q
mile till they got into the State where
squire lived, and there the wedding rites
were performed for the third time. The
BRIDES mother, not satisfied with all this
comedy pfeirop, had, some time before,
dispatched swift messenger for a stated
preacher, and when they got back to the
paternal mansion, TO make all things safe.
the knot was tied for the fourth time BY
the man of God. BY this time the first
glimpse of daylight was streaking tho
eastern sky.
wearied out BY III. s1p.rience s and
anxieties 'sfSho night, they were at last
suffered to retire 10 peace. Haitian hour
had not elapsed before there was another
confusion in the house A laundering
knock at Tho chamber door Of Tho Young
couple made tho groom thoroughly
mad. He told whoever it was it was
"too late,' and swore he would not get
up again for all the mistakes in the
world. He would whip TIE first man
that disturbed him sga,n, he didu't care
who it was. A grutf demand to open
the door if he did not wish to have il
beaten doxn, aud the rattle of muskes
decided him once more to submit to the
On opening me portal port he was was con-
fronted by Federal soldier, and the .
words, "you are my prisoner, come along
with me-" 1870
Vainly did be plead to have the prvi-
'sge of giving bail for his appearance,
and all 1is offers Of brides were os useless
as the die Wind. Tbeoficer charged
With his arrest was memorable, and now
the chap is spending his share of the
honeymoon at Columbia, in the guard
house, while the .disconsolate maid, his
bride, al home. Memphis Bulletin.