The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-08-30
A Slight Mistake.

trees.
Take the Indian weddings, for in
stance
Or Dutch
However, to facts:
In the semi-rural districts of VII
mona, on the Minnesota side Of the
Mississippi river, lives, among several
people, Il Jolly good fellow Of q justice
Of The peace, whose idea Of matters
are much like the waters Of n deep
river Once started it is hard to turn
them. On IL fair day last week, after
the ten 10y twelve law dispensary had
been swept after the chairs had been
set i'm row against the side Of the
office, and sundry whipped guilds of
tobacco and mutilated cigar stumps
had been kicked under the stove, there
was wooden steps on the stairs, and
vigorous rap at the door
Come in, said the justice as lie
settled into a legal look SO betting n
man of law
A handsome, black eyed Spanish
looking woman entered 1t was
clear case Of IA scnorta, Of the New
Mexican brand She had on short
wooden dress wooden soled shoes
spotted red cheeks, black hair, and
eyes that snapped like the lock Of
short gun In a Spanish accent, and
in tho worst possible English, she
said:
You make iusticia auui? You law
man
yes, Madam; be seated
"Want paper. Want paper to take
mani
Just then a stout French half-breed
entered the room He was unable to
speak half a dozen words, and looked
either Scared or bashful The Judge
saw at once there was some marriage
to come on, and said to the woman,
who stood with compressed lips watch
ing the Justice and the door
want paper to take this man ?"
YES; want paper Me teach him. "
Nice woman thought the justice.
He no good man, me take him so
quick as can.
"All right, my covies; fix you in the
jerk Of lambs tail, as he turned to
the man and said You know this
woman; can You take her?'
The man shook his head and NUT
tered unintelligible words.
"Ah, [ see. Can't talk English
Well, never-Iaind.
He ran into the street, invited IA few
friends up stairs, and on returning
with them said to the woman
You want to take this man for bet
ter or for worse ?"
Yes; me want to take him; me
pay~
CAN rightw
Then turning to the man who stood
trembling:
you take this woman for better or
for worse, and promise to keep her,
&c, &C.
"Umph = and several mods of the
head.
'Then, in the name of the law, aud
by virtue OF the authority in me vested,
/ pronounce you man and wife" And
he stepped forward before the woman
could say a word and kissed her red
lips.
SLAP" came her hand in his face
and she clutched his hair. The new
husband jumped in TO take the woman
away, and TO protect her, as the man
supposed, when in self preservation
the justice gave him a rap on the nose.
The woman pitched into the new hus-
band who in turn pitched into her,
and for about five minutes there was
general busting and display of legs,
garters, and things in general.
AT last the parties were separated.
when the man and woman took anoth-
er turn at each other, the blood and
hair flying in all directions Down
came the stove, over went the table,
clatter went the chairs, and into the
street like mad went the justice, with
a black eye and the bosom of his shirt
looking like warranty deed covered
with red seals
A crowd rushed up stairs and found
the man and woman lying on the floor
hugging each other like young bruins,
their arms and legs mixed up worse
than tomato vines, the woman ON top
and pommeling the newly-made hus-
band with hearty will
The newly-married couple were
separated, when through the aid OF
two interpreters it was discovered that
the night before the parties occupying
adjoining shanties in the lower part OF
the town had got into dispute oven
some stoyepipe which was claimed by
both, and from words they had come
to blows Each party had FASTENED
to the Justices Office in the morning
for n warrant for the other, with tho
result rs states above.
The last news from there was thai
the parties had gone III search of an
other justice to unmarry them, while
the general cause of their terrible
squabble was setting up the boys,
and bathing his bunged eye in cam
phor and whisky. For an actual fact
1t is the richest within our knowledge
Life at Newport.