Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-01-11

young ladies were anxious to see hoy
Nancy would suffer the anxious shock
Others, again, who had closely observe,
the turn of affairs during the evening
fixed their attention upon the Judge, t
see how he would come out of the scrape
At length the trying moment was an
nounced, the Judge rose very cautiously
from the chair which he occupied in ont
corner Of the room, and casting his eye
over the company, he singled out the
Sheriff cf the county, who was present al
an invited guest The Judge had JUS
imbibed enough to make him forget the
nature of his business. He was full o.
his judicial talk" and required nothing
but the presence Of the Sheriff to star
him. Looking sternly at that officer, he
shouted,
"Mr Sheriff, open the Court, and cal
order"
A general titterfOllOwed this command
in the midst of which the Sheriff took the
"Court" by the arm, and led him to bis
seat in the corner, at the same time in
forming the august parsonage of the mis-
take.
Everything now bid fair for pleasant
and sudden termination of the affair, IN
til another annoyance, which was nothing
else than the absence of the bridegroom,
was observed. It turned out that be had
just stepped across the street to join his
friends in a parting drink; but before his
return, some cool-blooded wag had whis-
pered into the ear of our old fogy the
cause of the delay of the proceedings, "
Instantly the chair in the corner moved,
and in that direction all eyes were fixed.
MIR. Sheriff, slowly bawled the Judge,
bring Joe into the Court on a supenar, "
(the Judge had his own way of pronounc-
ing the word y then addressing the bride,
who had stood in the foreground and
hung her head in deep confusion, he ad-
ded, Id s'pose you are the PLAINTIFF
Well don't take on. Innocence and. vir-
tue will be protected in this here Court" :"
This was the saddest blunder of all
The Judge was again made to see his
mistake, and would have been consider
ably set back, had it not been for cor
rectivo in theshape of " forty drops of the
critter," which he instantly applied.
In few moments all was ready in
right-down earnest. The bridegroom had
arrived, full Of foy. The excitement was
intense. He evidently felt every inch a
Judge.
@J-J-o.e BIB o-w-e-r-s," commenced
the man of law, in that distressing style
of speech with which he was invariably
troubled when under the influence Of
liquor, " J-J-o-e Blowers, standup.
Have y-y-you anything to s-s-say w-Why
s-s-sentence -"
"Stop, stop, stop, Judge" shouted the
Sheriff from the back part of the room /;
you are not going to hang the man, but
to marry him"
The Judge drew long breath and
blinking rapidly, but stood his ground
we'll. Recovering himself he proceeded,
"J-J-o-e Bowers, do y-y ou t-take
Nancy H-Harkens for y-yOur wife, so
help me Godr'
This was a tolerable effort, and Joe
nodded assent.
"N-Nancy Harkens, it now remains
for this C-Court to"
Here the Sheriff again interrupted the
Judge, reminding him of the real bust
ness of the evening.
"Miss N-Nancy resumed the Judge,
after being set Alright, .d-d-do y-y-you
t-take Joe B-Bowers for hasband ito
the best Of your knowledge and b-belief,
or do-do you not?"
"You can bet will" softly answered
the light-hearted Nancy. II
The Judge then took the hands of the
happy couple, and joining them, wound
up as follows:
at now r-remains for this h-here
Court to pronounce you J-Joe Bowers
and y-you Nancy Harkens, man and wife;
and Chero the Judge paused to wipe the
perspiraiOn from his face, )-m-may G.
G-GOd-Or-mity h-have mercy on w
your S s-souls Sheriff, remove the cul-
prits
The company roared. Joe and Nancy
weakened. The Sheriff was taken with
a leaving. The Judge let himself out
loose in a glass of applejack. twas the
greatest wedding ever witnessed. -