Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-22
A slight Mistake.

They have some affecting weddings out
in the flat country, beyond the trees.
Take the Indian weddings, for instance.
Or Dutch.
However, to facts:
In the semi-rural districts of Winona,
on the Minnesota side of the Mississippi
river, lives, among several people, a jolly
good fellow of justice of the peace,
whose idea of matters are much like the
waters of deep river. Once started it is
hard to turn them. On fair day last
week, after the ten by twelve law dis
penssry had been swept, after the chairs
had been set in row against the side Of
the Office, and sundry whipped quids Of
tobacco and mutilated cigar stumps had
been kicked under the stove, there was a
wooden steps on the stairs, and avigorous
rap at the door.
"Come in," said the justice as he set
tied into legal look so BETTING man of
law.
A handsome, blsck-eyed, Spanish leOk-
ing woman entered. 1t was clear case
of senorita, of the New Mexican brand
She had on a short wooden dress
soled shoes-spotted red cheeks, black
hair, and eyes that snapped like the lock
of a shot gun. In Spanich accent, and
in the worst possible English, she said:
You make justlcia aqul ? You law
man ?"
eyes, Madam be seated"
"Want paper. Want paper to take
man %
Just then stout French half-breed
entered the room. Hewas unable to speak
half a dozen words, and looked either
scared or bashful. The judge saw at
once there was some marriage to cone on,
and said to the woman, who stood with
compressed lips watching the justice and
the door
"Want paper to take this man ?"
eyes; 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 tall" as he turned to the
man and said: "You know this woman ;
can you take her ?n
The man shook his head and muttered
unintelliglble words.
"Ah, | see. Can't talk English. Well,
neve- mind"
He ran into the street, invited 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 2"
eyes me want to take him me psy!'
''All right ~
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, and by
virtue of the authority in me vested,
pronounce YOU man and wife, And he
stepped forward before the woman could
say 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 husband, who in turn pitched
into her, and for abont FIVE minutes there
was a general busting and display of legs
carriers, and things in general.
At last the parties were separated, when
the man and woman took another turn al
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 jus.
tice, with 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 POM
melting the newly-mado husband with a
hearty will.
The newly-married couple were sepa
rated, when through the aid of two inter.
prefers it was discovered that the night
before the parties occupying adjoining
shanties in the lower part of the town had
got into dispute over some stovepipt
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 warrant for the other
with the result as stated above.
The last news from there was that thu
parties had gone in search of another jus.
tice to unmarry than, while the genera
cause of their terrible squabble was ''set
ting up the boys" and bathing his bungec
eye in camphsr and whisky. For al
actual fact, it is the richest within ou
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