The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-17

gotiator appeared At the tap Of the
drum, armed with mandate signed,
sealed aud delivered by Alexander
Harwood, clerk VI the district court OF
Dallas county, wherein II was set forth
that any district or supreme Judge oi
Texas, Justice Of the peace, or ordained
minister OF the gospel, priest, preacher
or rabbi, was duly authorized 10 cele-
brate the bonds Of matrimonial felicity
between Rehoboam, gentleman, aud
Malinda Kezlah, gentlewoman, Amer.
lean born, but strangers through the
county Of Dallas passing, they paying
all due and lawful charges thereunto
pertaining, by Adhesion or inclslon,
whereby the officers OF the realm, CIV
II an well ~ ecclesiastical, should have,
receive and enjoy adequate sustenance,
Thus armed aud heeled, Brother
Powers aud the stranger struck out
afoot for the place. Passing from Floyd
along Good street toswlss, they iianked
enthusiastically up the latter TO the
vicinity Of Captain Billy Gastou's resi-
dence, thence northerly about q mile
and u half In the open prairie. On the
way, the stranger informed the par
son that he himself was the proposed
brldegroom-that he lived In William
son county, where he owned good
farm that he also owned u farm In
northeast Texas, and had been on a
visit to II. On his return he had
"struck lie" by falling In with Wild
ow lady to whom he had long been en-
gagged, moving on toward the south,
and they had concluded TO pitch camp,
lay over u day and perfect the long
standing contract. Hence the milk In
the cocoanut.
Arriving on the ground, on the
branch near Caruth's farm--a walk for
the parson Of only three mlles--the
bride was found around the campfire
cooking flapjacks and beefsteaks.
Kindred, old and young, were lollipg
around, as North Carolina pigs, wait
Ing for the 'cimmons to fall.
Rehoboam said: Rebekky, here's
the pas'n--e're you reddy?"
Shedding her kaliker sun bonnet
Rebekky sweetly replied; "Well.
yes, Reh0b0am, reckin I'm as near
reddy as I'll ever be-jes as you say
Its mighty long we've been waiting,
and the children already call you
pap" and Sam is always giggling
whenever we're together"
.Kehoboam called Rebekky up by the
wagon wheel and said: "Pas'n,
wire In line!p
The knot was duly tied, q prayer and
few words Of advice followed, and
Rehoboam aud Rebekky were pro-
nounced man and wife, according to
the laws of God and the statutes of the
commonwealth.
After solemn pause of one minute
and eighteen seconds, Rehoboam placed
In the hands of the minister q small
piece of bank paper, purporting to be
a note for some specified amount, on
the United States Of North America
and Ulysses $. Grant, coupled with the
remark
"Pas'on, business il business Pve
got to go down town to buy horse,
Rebekky! I'll git back as soon as /
can-don't let the chickens get out OF
the coop-make Hiram and Eleazer
move the horses to fresh grass-be
keerful about mad dogs-if that old
woman comes back with the eggs,
offer her seven cents dozen--tell
that Niger wench that wen
do our own washing when
We strike fresh water on the Leon
never mind the whistle of that blasted
railrOad--it wont hurt you-but when
ever you see them fancy fellers driving
around in buggies, jes crawl inside the
tent and hev noting to say--ollers be
keerful of strangers" and off he shot
for town to buy that housekeeping
the parson to walk back to his work
three out, and three in--say six miles,
on smooth prairie, consoled by the fact
that he had made two hearts one, and
that's all the preacher did who united
Prince Albert and Victoria Rex.
N. b. Brother Powers reached his
place of toll In safety and still survives,
but looks little the worse for wear.
He thinks parties matrimonial ought
to come as near the parsonage as con-
venience will allow or furnish
transportation. He forgets that in
new countries where natures grand
panorama Is open to all, space is
counted as nothing, and the soul Of
man scars aloft, trampling under foot
every obstacle in the path to domestic
bliss. Rehoboam is a son Of nature
and Rebekky is his help-mate. With
them business is business, and pleas
ure is pleasure. Rehoboam is such q
man as Tom Scott. His success in
life rests upon his powers of detail and
combination. From the sublimity Of
matrimonial felicity, In the twinkling
of an eye, he passes to the minutest
details of domestic life. Napoleon