The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-03-15
The lnS and Outs OF Nlatrimony.


tie time. In this particular school The very
duIlesl people rapidly take on new IDEAS
A case in illustration was heard on Saturday
before Alderman Welding. A young gen.
tleman-ws i'll call him Mr.. Wilkins-had
recently reaped the harvest of a protracted
I courtship in The shape OF marriage erlifi-
cate and good looking Gamsel in cherry
colored lips and six and three quarter kids.
I Shortly after the wedding day a collector
| called upon Mr.. Wilkins with "liItle bill"
/ OF fifteen dollars for sundry back-combs,
I handk erchieis and other eicefeas purchased
! by the bride in order 10 render herself as
stunning possible on the evening she ad-
jursd he name of Jones il favor OF the pa
Ironym Of Mr.. Wilkins.
! AS the collector appeared model of pa
! tience, MIR. wilkins received bill looked al
bill, and allowed he "knew nothing about
IT." He called Mrs. Wilkins "Angelina,
my love, wha, is this 2 Here's bill for
Miss Angelina Jones'"
! "Why, dncky, that's me-"
! Possible g"
eyes, my dear. quite forgot 10 get
money from ma 10 pay it with"
"Wel, as ma has gone TO Chicago, and
as have nothing 10 do with it, the man
/ mus, wai;."
Mr.. Wilkins so informed the collector,
aud Immediately closed the trout door,
/ leaving collector 10 stand upon the side
walk. AS we get This from the collector
himself, it must be as be says.
| Collector, however, knew a little about
the law. 1t is said that necessity knows no
law. This is all humbug. Collectors re-
ceive percentage for collecting bills. He
/ felt necessity for his money, and results
| proved that he knew a good deal of law
| He immed lately entered suit against Mr..
| Wilkins for his wife's debt. The hearing
came off as we have said, on Saturday
( morning, before Alderman Welding. Mr..
! and Mrs. Wilkins appeared in person.
| Collector proved the debt, Mrs. Wilkins
was too lady-ike TO deny it. Mr. Wilkins,
of course, followed copy, but claimed that
/ because he married set OF ripping curls
and pointed bodice it was no reason why
he should pay for getting them up.
/ Alderman Welding, 20 The surprise OF
! MIR w ikins, produced a volume of Pur-
don's digest, and prove TO the contrary. He
pointed out old decisions, established pre-
I cedenis, that citizen in marrying a lady
/ a'o msrries her debts Much as he would
like to rule to the contrary, Alderman Vel
ding said il was impossible, and Judgment
mus; be entered against Mr.. wilkins for The
/ deot and The costs OF the suit.
Mr.. Wilkins was 100 we'll bred to express
surprise, but he looked like a school boy
J after lesson in Euclid. The proposition
was demonstrated, and musi be correct, bu,
! 20 comprehend the reasoning was another
matter. He accordingly paid the bill and
! the costs, amounting TO lrifle over twenty
! dollars, and left The Office with the air of a
man who has acquired sudden knowledge.
Another case Illustrative OF The same idea
was heard by Recorder Eneu on the same
! day. A diminutive Germau-we will call
! him Mr.. KraUt, entered complaint tha, his
wife had beaten him in a manner literally
: merciess. He unswathed his head from the
| bandages surrounding it, exhibiting the
/ marks of broom handle Administered with
| no feeble unction. Ms Kraut was arrest
! ed. She stood full six ieet high with
breadth of shoulder and length OF arm IN
due proportion. The husband reiterated
! bis affidavit. The woman made no defense.
! aud the magistrate fined her for intoxca-
! tion. As she didn't pay the fine, the officer
motioned her 10 follow him TO prson. She
| obeyed The order.
"Wbai you goiu' TO do 2" asked Krau,.
"Take that woman 10 prison"
''Take her TO prison 2"
Certainly"
"Whn dakes care o: der babyn
Don't know; suppose you must take care
of it yourself"
But can't. goes now to mine work u
"WeIl, if somebody don't pay her fine
I she must be locked up"
| "Und must get knocked in to der cellar
by mine wife, und my head broke, und den
J turn aroundt und pay TOR il Z"
Somebody must"
Mr. Kraut said something that sounded
like profanity. He dropped five dollars and
ten tears, the former on the desk OF the re-
cerder, the latter upon the floor, and de-
parted with his wife, plunged in profound
wonder at the curiosilies of The law.
As we said before, people indulging in
malrimony often learn a great deal by a very
short course of study - North American.
| AN AFFECTING INcIDEST-A story is told