The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-10-08

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WITH President q rants advent in o
i the Executive chaiI, o9ficial snobbish-
ness began and it issrBms.Iska a bic how
4 the contagi0n has spread ALI through
the Radical camp OF. f.offce~hol6ieFss TO-
Gated in " ashington. HAKhe4Is GralIt
married his idauglIter sNeliiea oiaaA
| English. snoby the cards 4ofs inVitation.
insteadlof simply and RrinaeonsoNaHce
with sAIneI j IAN Gus 5Tn, areadiAg 8 Mr.
and Mrs. Grant 1equesGi your compa-
ny,8 eCt-, 1--WE ere inscribed, ftHhe aPfesiS
dent offthe uni ted 9SBates and MRS.
Grant request your icompapy,R aetc.
Now GeReIab SherInall has a daughte4
TO marry, and whoever suggestedg the
text Off nthe- cards has follow ed Ghe
English precedent set by9 9tthes Presi-
dent, anu they read, tsRhe fGleneraI col
| the Arm Y and Mrs. Sherman request
| your com mpany, = eic.si One thing lis
icertaiD, and that is that the 5 General
had nothing to5I1o with sthis3sparbl OF
the pro OsraHlnle, for he isstoog blunt an
American 10 take inspieatiOn from the
English Court. EafZa E1s 1o1s1k2Vaz
To further illustrate the propensity
of Grant in this direction: The cef-
tificate ofthe marriage of his daugh-
ter is herewith annexed. "A plain cer-'
tification of the facts by the officiating
Clergyman would not, suffice the migh@
ty Cesar. He. must needs have, it
made more bindings" The certifi-
cate is now at the White House, and
will soon be semitic Mrs. Sartoris, at
her home in Eagland. 1T Sis an lelssl
borate piece ofillumated penmanship,
Enclosed IN a neat frame, about tWen-
ty-four inches square. The certificate
is suffO unded by an ella Oorate border.
with the monogram ofsthespartiesa ina
each corner, and snrlnoupted byf the !
coat-of-arms of the -United States and
England. First is copy OF the mar
iriage licence, awitheahe certificate OF
r. ] Meegs, Clerk Of the Court, Rt- /
tached. Next the certificate of Rev. |
o. Ill. Tiffany: that he so1emnizedA the 1
marriage aeeOfdiHg to the rites Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, enthei
2lst gdayso May 1874 !; and.it is .signed4 /
by the. Witnesses, Hamilton Fish and
Sir Edward Thornton. Then fowl
lows the certificate of Mp. Mefgs, that (
the license is true copy of 1tlie rec-
ord in his office; and next the certifi-
cate of Chief-Justice Cartier that NJ. |
Mefgs is a Clerk ofthe. Court, and his
attestation to the copy is III due form. +
Seoretary Fish 1hens certifies that ID.
*, Garttereis JQdgellof1 the Suprefne
Court of the District OF ColQnfbia !; |,
and GneIy we have the certificate Of
Sir Edward Thornton that the sigma
ture of EIasniltou Fish at fachedito thef
document is geEEuine.n There are -four
seals on the certificate. .s1sgIob 10 Ssh
r NAE -5TTTE7zT TFrrzss-r 7-TE E77-zS sa8G /
. FHElBALANcEe OF IavIDIsSoEa4a - i
The Major tells a funny story about
q New Orleans Judgels novel lnanner
Of disposing of an intricate law ssuik,I
which is worth preserving: -
] udge Weiles, who IS d great wag,
had suit brought befnre him; arising Z
from difficulty Eetween ashlpsownerst
and d stevedore, on account of differ /
snces caused by & misunderstanding,
wherein large number of witnesses
we're called, and it. so happened that
here were twelve, all able bodied men
IF coloF, ION each side. G fplle testimonys r
was as positive for the defesrdants II
was for the plaintiff. a The .,Iudge, hay-eI
ng no special reason tn decide either
gay, as the teetimenY on either side
VAS. about equally IdI vided !, studied sac
eW sminntes and appeaHed to he, in | j
ieep MEDITATION !; finally picking up [
book, and reading theFeffonf his dtitv
IS aijudge. which, was TO fdecide the e
;ase by. the weight of evidence he. Il
,Ederea an QflceT to take the twenty
our colQred witnesses co tie city scales = ;
md have them carefully ylweighed,s and !;
,ring him certificate of their weight. Il
chis being dones the judge decided in =
ayor of the party who produced the
most weight in avoirdupois. Il
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