Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-05
Married for Fun-A Ro-
nance in Social Life.
[From the Detroit Free Press. I

| From the Detroit Free Press.l
"People should be careful hoy
they handle edge tools" is an adag
that may apply in more ways thar
one, of every day life, and is a.
true in matrimony as in carpentry
The history of man and woman
kind is full of marryings in haste
to repent at leisure-of ill-assort
ed consorts, and troubles, trials
and tribulations without number
have resulted from the careless
choice of materials for the matri.
monial craft. But seldom do we
hear of a case like that which we
give to our readers this morning.
A few evenings since a gay
young mechanic of this city, of
pleasing address and full of fun,
in company Of youths and mai
dens at a party in the neighbor-
hood, bantered a young lady up
on the mode and tense, otherwise
the manner and form OF the mar
riage ceremony, and in the course
of his joke, which was not by any
means intended at first to be prac-
tical, offered to submit to the or
deal, Gust for fun," if she would
consent to act the part of bride in
the ceremony. She, full of spirit,
and with the determination toshow
the laughing bevy of boys and
girls about her that she was not
one to retire and hide herself in @
confusion of bushes at the men,
ton of such a subject, declared
her readiness for the operation.-
1t needed but a decided belief on
the part of the company that both
would recoil from the undertaking
to fire the souls of the young
couple, and they forthwith pro-
ceeded to a well-known clergyman
and made known their errand.-
The about-to-be-groom and the
reverend gentleman stepped out
for a moments conversation, in
which the young lady says she
supposed the farce was explained,
and in few moments
''The knot was tied, though the bridegroom
was weak,
Yet, nevertheless, he made clear fer to speak," ?"
and they were pronounced man
and wife. But the end was not
yet--the affair at first talked over
as a good joke, began to excite
serious apprehensions, and inqui-
ries into the effect of the ceremony
revealed the fact that the parties
were, as Artemus Ward would
say, ga good deal too much mar
ried." Apretty kettle of fish. Fhe
daughter of well known and high
ly respectabfs parents, the wife of
a man she never thought of loy-
ing-the joke of moment and
the thoughtless railery of a breath,
turned into a most serious matter
and of lifelong extent. Legal
advice sought from the highest
authority but confirmed the cere-
mony and drew the cord closer
Despair, chagrin, and je ne sais q,coi
seized upon the young lady's fam
lily and friends. The youth was
appealed to
s'Like wretch o'ertaken in his track
With stolen chattels on his back;
Will hang his head in fear and shame
And to the awful presence came"
He said that he didn't mean
to do any harm, and pleaded the
schoolboy's defense-"the darned
thing had whistled, itself!''
The last resort was to the law
for divorce, and papers in due
form were drawn up praying the
courts to sever the unpleasant
bonds. This, signed by "the
high contracting parties" is now
in the hands of the Judge, and
the interested ones are waiting
anxiously to know what his decis-
ion may be. 1t is by no means