The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-02
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Sevca Marriage ssrraao.
4 COUNTRY MARRIA0R DsIsNNA.

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A number Of years Ago there
dwelt in DE Soto, Wis, a gentle
mAnbysthsasame oG Charles Whit
iag, II ever a human being was
oyer-stockcd with good hnmor and
waggismiess, ii was Whiting, and
lAsNictims were numbered by the
hundred, many Of whom vet re-
sdes there. II came TO PASS that
this wag was elected Justice Of the
Peace, and shortly after his install
ment in office, couple came from
Iowa to get united in the holy
bonds Of paddock" Whiting
tells how he performed the cere.
mony, as follows:
Having been appointed to the
desirable g ''posish" of Justice OF
the Peace, | was accostcd, on the
5th day of July by sleek looking
young man, and in silvery tones
requested to proceed to a neighbor-
ing hotel, as he wished to enter
into the holy bonds of matrilnouy.
lie was a "quclchcr." | had
never done any thing of the kind,
had no books nor forms; yet | de-
temined to do things up strong,
and in legal manner, so | pro-
ceedcl to the hotel, bearing IN my
arms one copy Of the Revised Stat
utcs, oneditto Webster's Unabridg.
ed Dictionary, one copy large sized
Bible. a small copy Of the creed
and articles Of the Faith Of the
Congregational Church, one copy
Of Pope's Essay on Man, and a
sectional part Of the map where
the victim lived. Having placed
q table in the middle of the room,
and seated myself behind it, ], in
trumpet tones called the case. With
that the young man and woman,
with great alacrity stepped up be-
fore me.
Having sworn them on the die |
tionary to answer well and truly all
the questions was aboutto ask, | I
proceeded. | told the yourg man
that, being an entire stranger, /
should ask him to give bail for the
costs Having heard this so fire.
quently in court, | thought i: indis-
lellsible. lie answered, If Imeant
the fee for performing the ceremony,
he would deposit it then and there.
As he did not know what | meant,
| magnanimously waived that por-
ton OF the ceremony. | then told
him it would be necessary to give
balI TO keep the peace. This he
said he was willing to do when he
arrived home, and then ! waived
that point also.
Having established to my salts
faction that they wanted to yet
married, and that they were Old
enough to enter into that blessed
state, | proceeded to tie the knot.
/ asked him ii he was willing to
take that woman to be his wife.
lie said lie was. | told him that I
did not require haste in answer;
that he might reflect a few minutes
if lie wished. ! told him she look
ed like fine girl, and ! had no
doubt but she was; but if the Sc
quel proved that he had been taken
in, did not want to be held re-
spolsible. | said he must love,
honor and obey her as long as she
lived he must not be " snappy"
around the house, nor spit tobacco
Juice on the floor, al of which he =
promised faithfully to obey.
q Now" said ], Georgiana (her
ame was Georgiara,) you hear
what Humphrey says. Do you
accept the invitation to become his
wife? Will yon be lenicnt toward
lis faults and cherish his virtues ? I
Will you ever be guilty Of throw ,
rg furniture at his head for slight
and will you get three I
meals q day without grumbling?
She said she would. ] askedthem II
hey believed inthe commandments,
md they said they did. Having
cad the creed and articles Of faith, I
rs Aforesaid, / exclaimed, /" Hum
phrey, take her, she is yours; ! can !
not withhold my consent. Georg-
ana, When safe in the arms off
your Humphrey, you can defy the
scoffs and jeers Of the world"
/ then read a little from the
4 Essay on Man." including that
passage, "Man wants but little
here below, but wants that little I
long," As q finale to the scene, | 1
delivered the following cxordium
g 60 in peace sin no more"