The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-14
COMMUNAL BLISS |
A Gay Old Wedding.
"NO CARDS, NO CAKE, NO NOTHING /"
4 Bare Footed Groom ]

II Is said that shell hath no fury lik
I a woman scorned, especially when all
has sharp lawyer at her back TO coun
sci and advise her in her course of ven
gence dire 1t might be added in thi
connection that "a course of true Low,
never did run smooth, or 50 says tn,
wiseacres
But whether this De true or false in
general We leave our readers to deter
mine for themselves by their own expe
rience. The case now in point however,
these maxims. We give the story as
twas told US, and in plain unvarnished
numbers, showing how a woman loved
not wisely but too well, and how the
object of her love took advantage OF
her affection for him and worked her
ruin.
For several months past their has
been employed as a domestic servant
by several different families in town a
German girl named AUGUSTA KROsKE.
This maid, while not handsome, is come
ly and fair to look upon. In the course
of time her charms attracted the atten-
ton of one WILLIAM MENTZ, and soon
their acquaintance blossomed into love.
| WILLIAMS visits TO AUGUSTA were fire.
| quent and oft repeated. So enamOred
was he that he called at very unseason-
able hours, at times when all save his
charmer were asleep, and when he was
compelled to mount a ladder or crawl
over the roof of wood-shed to reach
her apartment. This continued for sew
eral months, their love increasing all
the while, until alas, there was whisper
ing between them, and shy, half
frightened look on AUGUSTUS face, and
a strange longing in her heart that be-
tokened something wrong. Time wore
on, and AUGUSTA gently suggested to
WILLIAM that parsOn could help them
out of the difficulty. WILLIAM couldn't
see il, however, notwithstanding Angus
ia pleaded tearfully. He utterly refus-
ed ''to do the square thing" and she
had to call in the assistance of "A lawyer.
The usual forms were gone through and
an officer sent to fetch WILLIAM. He
arrived at the abode of the refractory
Teuton only to see him disappear i'll the
mazy depths of a cOrnfield. MENTZ baf-
fled pursuit for several days, but at last
becoming tired of wandering about he
sent a friend to AUGUSTA to ''settle" it.
She consented, and lie ''whacked up" a
fifty dollar note and thought himself
safe. Then there was another confer
ence between the girl and the lawyer, and
WILLIAM was arrested and brought be-
fore d. B. BEARDsLEY, Esq. He was
asked TO give bail but refused. He was
informed that he would be sent to Jail
otherwise and then he squirmed. He
became very docile and promised to
marry AUGUSTA. This being satisfacto-
ry a license was sent for.
The Office was crowded with Specta-
tors who enjoyed the scene immensely.
MENTZ was the center of attraction
He sat on a chair quite unconcerned.-
His hair evidently hadn't been combed |
for several days, and bristled like the |
quilts on the fretful porcupine. His
shirt was II stranger to soap and water.
His legs protruded entirely too far |
through his overalls, either for style or |
beauty. His feet were intended for |
number eleven boots, but i'll the haste |
which he had came, he forgot to put |
them ON. The license soon arrived and |
amid the curls OF cigar somke, and the
laughter of the spectators, WILLIAM
and AUGUSTA joined hands and stood
up. The Justice began the ceremony,
dearly beloved We are gathered here,
and do you and each of you sOlemnly"
Just at this point he discovered that he
had got little wrong and began again,
civilian MENTZ you are charged with
Here he stopped again, as that did
not fit the case and took another send
off. civilian do you take this wO-
man that you hold by the hand to be
your welded wife in default of which
you will stand indebted to the State of
Ohio in the sum of''-IIere he paused,
there was n commotion in the crowd,
but nothing daunted he went back and
did the business all over again, this time
getting it correct. The twain were
made one, and AUGUSTA seemed as happy
in the possession of her barefoOted lord
as if he had been prince of the blood.
The boys were all reioiced at the termin-
alton of the affair, and that they were
allowed to be present. We felt in a
good humor, as it furnished ''copy" in a
dull week. 1t is to be hoped that the
future of the two, will be prosperous
and happy and at the end of life's little
span they will have no regrets to mar its
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