Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-19
Went to Law AID Got MSTss

They have Some heuans ai,esding woddAg out in
Take Indian weddias, for,insAnoo, or
Dutch. F"'o' y
IIvuv,v., n,ots.-..,I s,rti
In the son,i-rural dlstrtN 49,.
,ue Minnesota side Of tho M,Wlnoha, y"
lives, among several people, a .PE % fol.
low justice of the peace, Wy g2ou gua,s ,1 nf
matters are much like the watd of q deep
river. Ouce started. it is hard turn them
On fair day last week, after, the 6n by twelve
law dispensary had been sweptaftcr char.
! had been set in row against the lde of the OF
/ tioe, and sundry whipped guilds o. tobacco ah'
mutilatcd cigar stumps had been kicked ~ y
der the stove, there was n sudden step on
stairs and vigorous rap at the door. settled
/" Come in," said the Justice asf law.
into a legal look so befitting xfish looking
A handsome, blnok-eyedear case of a Sc
woman entered. 1t wps> She had on a short
norita of New Mo5M~ o555M~ solcd Nboes- spotted
ruo cheeks, black hail, and eySs thatSnap.
ped like the lock of ors{ psss.l5 IL saan
ish oa.u;-
You make justica aqui9" You law m'n.
" Yes madam; be Seated"
(" Want paper. NSaut to take man ~
just then stout French lfbreed enter
cd the room. He was unable to speak half
dozoh words, aud looked eithc- bashful or
scared. The judge saw at once tlat there was
some marriage to come off, and sid to the wo-
n,ali, who stood with compressed lips watch.
ing the door
"Want to take this man p
" Yes, want paper. Me Eeach him
(Nice woman, thought the iustcc.) lie no
good man, me take him so quick as can"
"All right my covics fix you in the jerk of
a lambs tuil, said the Justice! as he turned
to the man and said, {" You Euow this wo.
man; can you take her ~
The man shook his head anduttcred unin-
tclligblc words.
"Ah | see Cant talk English. Well,
never mind.
lie ran into the street, inviting few
friends up stairs, and Oh returning with them
said to tho woman
"You waut to take this man Cor better or
for worse ?'
Yes; me want to take him; nc pay!"
Then turning to the man, who stood trcm-
bling
:" You take this woman for better or for
worse, and promise to keep her." etc.
umph!" and several mods of the head.
"Thcn in the name Of the law, and by vir
tue of the authority in me vested pronounce
you man aud wife" And he stepped forward
before the woman could say word and kissed
her rcd lips.
Slap" came her hand in his face and she
cutchcd his hair. The new husbnnd Jumped
in to take the woman and to protect her. as
the man supposed, when in sclf-prcservation;
the Justice gave him rap on the nose The
woman pitched into the new husband, who in
turn pitched into her, and for about fivc-m,n-
utcs there was general bustling and display
Of lnos carriers. aud things decidedly astonish-
ing
at last the parties were scpa,atcd when
the man and woman took another turn at
each other, blood aud hair flying in all di.
rcctions. Down came the stove, over went
the table, clatter went the chairs, into the
street like mad went the justice, with black
eye, aud the bosom of his shirtIooking liking
a warranty deed covered with RID scales
a crowd rushed up stairs ahd found the
man aud woman lying on theloor hugging
each other like young bruins, heir arms and
legs mixed up worse than tomato vines, the
woman OH top. and pommclisg her newly
made husband with hearty Yill
The newly married couple Ycrc separated,
when throug gh the aid Of interpreters it was
discovered that the night bcfFe, the parties
occupying adjoining shanties j. the lower part
Of the town got into dispute o'cr some stove
pipe, which was claimed by 10Th, and from
words they had come to blows Each party
| had FASTENED to the Justices Office in the
morning for a warrant for the ,,hcr, with the
result as stated above.
The last news from there tas that the par
ties had gone in search of anther justice to
unmarry them, whilo the gcnil cause of their
terrible squabbc was " setties up with the
boys" and bathing his bunlcd eyes in cam
plor and whskcy. For anaptual fact, it is
the richest within our know!hge.
THREE IMpoRrANr TuiNB.-Three things
to love-courage, gcntleness aud Affection
Three things to admre-iucllcctua power,
dignity, and graccfuness. Three things to
hate cruelty, arrogance, md ingratitudc.
Three things to delight in-hauty, frankncss,
and freedom Three thing, to wish for =
4sSalth, friends, and checrfa spirit. Three
Of heatQs.p pray for-fnith, pace, and purity
good humor%, r%,asec things to ike oordialiiy,
~void-idlcness 1ftJh,1fulncs1 Three things
o. oIs, Three things to City land a'ppant jes-
to 'e q friends, and good hum Ts good books,
! - .ntcnd 1 for--a:onor, oounM three things
eond,' .mi otings to govern te,nrsSand tr'ends,
ao, Jonth ~, Three things to tLink &sng and
''a'h and .crnity." t--lifc,