Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-05
A Rich Practical JOke--A Discharged
q ...... Soldier Buys A,Wife

81 Charles. M0rltZ -iS an unsophIaticated
bachelor of thirty six, ,Haying, served
a full term in the army, where he waH
successful in lodging rebel bullets, be
considered himself equal to almost any
emergency, and concluded to take unto
himselfaa wife. Although very bold in
facing the enemy, Morii 2. was oolbash-
4 fulto face q pretty giri, and neverscould
screw his courage up to the popping
point he had saved his. bountyya good
part ofhis pay, and knowing that mo-
ney, makes the mare co., he thought it
would also make wife. comessas nosh9os
|, Moritz, therefore called on his friend,
George ,Walther, who keeps a saloon at
'the corner of Morgan. and Twenty frst
streets, and offered George fifty dollars
ia, get him o i.good, plump,. fat and do
'ciIe wife,. George had no license as
ymattimoniaf broker, but it being Christ
masitime. be thought he would play, a
little joke at the expense Of poor Char
leg, He acquainted several other
friends with his Intention, and they en-
tered into the conspiracy with right
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\ Among the friends consulted By Wal
tber were Joe Got.wald and Anten Jor-
ngen. Joe had brother. wEo was a
} smooth.fa ced, rosy-cheeked. boy, fat and
plump as o head of cabbage, and. full of
mischief q Joe's brother was dressed up
ia the gorgeous array. of bride, with
lample skirts pufed out by a duplex
,eliptic hoop-sbrt, and with. a flowing
tveil, fax coIorad waterfall, and certain
other articles :of female wear, he made
very handsome looking bride. a.
grave looking Hessian was engaged. to-
play the part of Justice of the Peace,
and tie tho nuptial knot .-.:.....;.,-. es "a
Moritz was delighted with the appear-I
ance of his bride. He considered
that he had obtained s'a great bargai1,.rs
! And he at pnce accepted her as bis bet.
ter half "A. room I in .Walther'si house
was nicely scrubbed by ,Jorgen, aud
there the marriage ceremony was per-
fofmed Moritz. was in ecstacies.' As
soon as-theI moose was fairly around has
meek, he COVE the squire" Eve dollafs
for his trouble, presented five dollars to
Jorgen for scrobbing the rooms and
made. young Gottwald a present of fif-
teen dollars as bridal gift AAAAe
: The liberality of. the happy man did
not stop here He sent out and invited
q nnmbs Of facquaintances to the frolic,
and spent seTenty.fve dollars for wines,
cakes and cigars. The spree. was kept
up till "a. late hour when the wedding
guests took, ,,thsir departure Moritz was
informed thai. the sister of the bride was
very sick, and desired Mrs. Moritz TO set
up with her that night; it would be taken
as favor if he would~remain at his old
quarters until morning, when be could
come and take his wife .home......;...-... !, :
Moritz reluctantly agreed to this arr
rangemsnt, but fearing something might
be wrong, he demanded of the Justice
his marriage certificate. He was hand.
ed a card containing the following
Words Reward of Merit, presented
to Louis Feeltery by M. E Secor, teach
err With this document in his pocket,
Moritz retired to bed, thanking his good
fortune that, he had at last procured q
young and handsome wife. He slept
but little, being feverish with anxiety,
and fearful that he would wake up and
find Il all dream
+ Moritz was not, a sluggard atherEext
! morning, but, bright and early, he arose
and FASTENED over to Walthers house to
fetch his bride. He was informed that
there was no such person .ihersy and af
ter growing nearly crazy, and searching
all the house, he was told that he. had
/ been made the. victim of, q practical
joke. zFor two days poor Moritz was
confined 10 his room, refusing to eat or
drink, and disdainisg all cousolation.
At length, when on Abe point Of starYa-
ltion, a glass of beer was placed before
him; he drank it, and was saved. lie
now meditated revenge, and took the
proper course to o6tainiti He called on
the police force, and, officers ,Rosseeu
Dickson and Vonlupe arrested George
Walther,-Apton j orger, and Joe Pott
wald, on akcharee Of obtaining money
/ under false pretences. The bogus jus
tice could not be- found, and Joe's young
brother, the bride was also missing.
The three men were taken to the Gala.
boose, andwih5 be examined before the
Recorder on. charge Of feloDy.o They
begin to realize the fact that practical
joke can be carried tooifar, and they will
be lucky. if they escape without being
bled to twice the extent of their victim
oSMoritz looks likel q. broken hearted
man. He can hardly believe that tn
beautiful AUDI biashiBg .JTdsiISess wht
stood up and promised, tor be his bette
half, ttroug ghthiek and thin, is q. gres
BOBBY Of a school boy The dream o
happiness hatsvisitedI hirG was too swee
to melt into air so suddenly, and h'
charishes o lingering hope that the jok.
consists in trying to convince him atha
I his wife is boy, aud be is7not fully sat
isfed he is not a married man after ell
He told his story to the City Attorney
yesterday, and that gentleman encour-
aged hi N BY telling him he could ge
another wife that would be of the prop