Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-02

A R1oH MARRIAGE CEREMONY The fol-
lowing description of o marriage in Him
ois, by a newly appointed Justice Of the
Peace, who is something of wag, is taken
gerbatSm from letter written to u friend
in this city. He says
Having been appointed to the desirable
tposish,' Of Justice of the Peace, ] was ae-
eosted on the 9Th of July, by sleek look
ing young man, and in silyery tones, re-
quested to proceed TO neighboring hotel,
az he wished to enter into the holy bonds
of matrimony Here was a" squelcher.h-
had never done anything of the kind,
had no books or forms; yet | was deter
mined to do things up strong, and IN u
legal manner, so proceeded TO the hotel,
bearing in my arms one copy OF the Revis
cd Statutes, one ditto Webster's I'm
abridged Dictionary, one copy large sized
Bible, small copy of the creed and arti
Giles Of Faith Of the Congregational Church,
one copy of Pope's Essay on Man, and
sectional part of the map where the victim
lived. Having placed table in the mid
die Of the room, and seated myself behind
It, /, In trumpet tones, called the case
With that the young man and woman,
with great alacrity stepped mp before me.
Having sworn them on the dictionary to
answer well and truly all the questions |
was about to ask, proceeded. told the
young man that, being an entire stranger,
should have to ask him to give bail for
the costs. Having heard this 40 frequent
ly in court, thought it Indispensable
| lie answered i'll meant the foe for perform
ing the ceremony, he would deposit it then
and there. As | did not know exactly
| what did mean, / magnanim ouBly waiv-
nd h.t n
| told him it would be necessary to give
bail to keep the peace. This he said he
was willing to do when be arrived at
| home, and then waived that point also.
Having established to my satisfaction
that that they wanted TO get married, and
| that they were old enough to enter into
that blessed state, proceeded to tie the
| knot. ] asked him if he was willing to
take that woman to be his wife. He said
he was. told him that did not require
! haste in the answer, that he might reflect
for few minutes if he wished. ] told
him she looked like fine girl ; and had
no doubt she was, but if the sequel proved
that he had been taken in, did not want
to be held responsible. | said he must love
honor, and obey her as long as she lived
lie must not be "snappy' around the
house, nor spit tobacco juice on the floor,
All VI "ihCh ho Piohiibo4 lalbHluily W
heed,
Now" said /, "Georgiana Cher name
was Georgiana, You hear what Humphrey
says. Do you accept the invitation to be-
come his wife will You be lenient toward
his faults and cherish his virtuesP will
you never be guilty of throwing furniture
at his head for slight offences and will
you get three meals day, without grum-
bling % She said she would. asked
them il they believed in the command
ments, and they said they did. Having
read the creed and articles of faith, as
aforesaid, exclaimed: Humphrey, take
her she is yours; | cannot withhold my
consent" "Georgiana, when safe in tho
arms of your Humphrey, you can defy the
SCOTS and jeers Of the world.n
then read a little from the ESSAY on
Man" including that passage, 'tMan wants
but little here below, but wants that little
long, AS u finale to the scene, deliver
cd the following exordium 600 in peace;
sin no more"
The generous Humphrey having placed
fifty cent check in my unwilling palm, l
babe the happy pair aafnal adieu.-Nt8-
souri, Republican.