The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-04
RIeh nInrrInre ceremony
From me ltta,oiuri It9aSlloT,i.

From the AiasOuri Rtpubliepi.
The following description OF a mar.
riage in Illinois by newly appointed
justice of the peace, who is something
of wag, is taken verbatim from a let
ter written to friend in this city. He
says:
Having been appointed to the desir-
able ''posisll" of Justice Of tho peace, I
was aCcosted on the 9TH day Of July, by
a sleek looking young man, and N sill
neighboring hotel, as he wished to en-
ter into the holy bonds % natFimony.
Here vas 4 ;:sqqeI bad never
done 4py thing III NE 4 had NO
books Ss forms vt I was dalernlined
to do things up strong, and in q legal
mannert 80 IIprOceeded n The hotel,
bearing in my arms ono ny OF the Re-
vised Statutes, one ditto Webster's
Unabridged DiGti tionary, one copy large
size Bible, small COPY Dfithe creed
and articles ofsfaith Of the Gongrega-
.Honal Church, one copy Qfs sHops's Essay
on Man, and q sectional part Of the
map whore the victim lived. Having
placed a table in the middle of the
room and seated myself behind II, /, In
trumpet tones. called tho case. With
that the young man aud woman, with
great alacrity, stopped up before me-
Having sworn thom on the dictionary
to answer well and truly all the ques-
tions was about 10 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 so frequently IN court, i
thought II indispe pensable. He answer
ed if / meant the fee for performing the
ceremony, he would deposit 1t then and
there. As did not know exactly what
II did mean, / magnanimouSly waved
that portion of the ceramony. then
told him II would be necessary to give
bail 10 keep the peace. This he said he
was willing to do when he arrived at
home, and then waved that point
also. afF oJ1 qidge' III a
Having established TO my satisfaction
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 70 be his wife. He
said he was. told him that did not re-
quire haste in the answer, that he might
reflect Q few minutes II be wished. / told
him she looked like q fine girl, and 1
had no doubt she was, but II the sequel
proved that he had been taken In, did
not want to be held responsible. ISaid
he must love, honor and obey her as
long Us she lived. BE must not be
'ISnappyi' around the house, nor spit
tobacco Juice on the floor, all Of which
he promised faithfully to heed.
"Now,n said /, "GeorgIana," ther
namewas GeoFgihna, J '1yonr hearwhat
Humphrey says. DO you accept the
invitation to become his wife; Will you
be lenient towards his faults, and cher
ish his virtues; will you never be
guilty Of throwing furniture at his
head for slight oGensCs, and will you
get three meals u day without grumb-
lingPv She said she would. I asked
them Il they believed in the ten com.
mandments, and they said they did.
Having read tho creed and aEticlea of
fifth, as aforesaid, I exclaimed, "Hum-
phrey, take her, she Is yours; I cannot
withhold my consent. GeOrgiana, when
safe In the arms Of your Humphrey,
you can defy the SCOTS and jeers of the
world" llEc. l1'H n
/ then read a little from the Essay
on Man, including that passage, "AIan
wants but little here below, but wants
that little long, As q finale To. the
scene, I delivered the following ex0r-
dium: "GO in peace, sin no more"
The generous Humphrey having
placed fifty cent check in my unwill-
Ing palm, Tbade the happy pair final
ndieu. HfIi