Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-03-03
MARRIED IN THE DARE.

fourCla' a'ma Is for "a Esrii. .,Gnsr
Second Bridal Ceremony H:,.
Arranged I'm a"corcua,s.
with the will Of s9er
| Dear Departed.
| ABOUT twenty Years ago the". ived in
| NeHtfai Michigan 4 curious old benedict
| named DodswOrth. At the aye ut - he
| married girl Of 20. and when the bur
uen Oh to Years bore himSdown, his wife
was oniN nan ms age DodSwOrtA was
| noted lor- MS peculIarities. bat the eli
| max came when he found himself Oh his
| DYING bed. he was worth about ST. 900,
| md he hadn't 4 blood relative living so
| tar as he knew lie waatcd To leave his
property to his wife, as the pair had
| lived very happily, but Vet he could not
leave 1t without displaying some OF his
pecullaritleS in the provisions ui the
viii. Some old men display A mean
spirit when making their wills, and
| draft IN Il provision cutting the wife of
with shilling II She marie, agaia
The old man wasn't OF that stamp His
young wife was cookbook ing l!yucious
| and fond ut society. and Il WIS folly 10
| suppose she would mourn it,r her 'lato
Departed any great l.n.th ot time
Therefore Mr. Dodsworth turned heel
on the usua. custom, and sad in his
will
In case nv wife Celia does not take
unto herse! another husband within
thirteen months from the G-.tc"l my buri-
a. all bc4ue-t> otherwise madr IN THIS
Will, are to revert - the state Ul Mlchi-
gan, to be used tor building and fur
uishng home Tor old women"
Whether Celia was pleased OF dis
pleased at this provision irpuuent saith
not. bat the old man mad not been under
the sod more than six months when the
widow WAS said to he looking out for
another man. Ii it was singular tor the
lying Dod>worth 10 urge hi, vile 10
marry again. it was still more singular
tnat he should desire the ceremony 10 he
performed under the following circum-
stances, viz:
And It. Is made incumbent on said
Celia Dodsworth, that in taking a new
husband, the marriage ceremony shall
he performed in the big barn un my
farm. on the II road. j shall take
place at ten o'clock in the evening. on
the man floor, without lights uI any de-
scription, with ali doors shut, and tree
invitation shall be extended to all The
- y
and the bride and groom on The main
floor, and the principal parties to the
ceremony shall be dressed in black
throughout
a WILLING WIDOW.
The widow announced her intention
to faithfully obey in spirit and letter the
will was probated. and the twelfth month
na1 scarcely passed before she issued an
invitation tor the public to attend Il we'd
din. at the big barn. just who the
gloom was to be, no one could possibly
assert. a. the widow had been keeping
company with wiaower. Il bachelor,
and two Young men. and a. tar as anr
outsider could Judge, she loved one -
We! a the other. Being good looking
and talented. and having fortune be-
hind her. it was not strange that she
should have number of sutorS. She
seemed t. enter INTO the spirit oi the at
fair with great ze>t. as also dii tlr NM
istcr: aud to further mv>tty the people
in attendance. the bride entered The
barn alone at one door. the groom alone
At another. and no one knew that the
minister had arrived until his voice was
heard in the stables.
BOUND IN TIE DARN.
There were at east 300 people pres
ent. and each one understood that even
the striking OF 4 match would break the
will Many Jokes were passed aud con
siderable confusion existed. Rul at
length the minister announced that all
was ready. Inc ceremony was gone
'nrnuGh Win ana al IT, c"hc'">.nh' me
ah"'r ha'in9 ""eh HFHiIGAu Sue
'es>, r"sh was ii'aue ior '1e pFlde
sue "ae h'sse" ,S nu''Ee" men ana
Was theii ca'',e" NOME Instance oi
ult'e ana Il HAIL. III Il p'S ann 'haT
WHO i> THE HUSBAND?
Now comes The mystery When the
lady was set down al her own door the
widowcr. the bachelor and the two
younr men each claimed To- be her true
and lawful husband Nouc OF ,b. crowd
could say who was the lucky man. tho
minister was at sea and the bride herself
seemed to have doubts. The widower
was the man OF her choice. but in the
confusion he could have been hustled
aside. and he did affirm that an attempt
WAS made to choke him and get him ont
of the barn. The bachelor vowed that
she had promised to marry him. as also
did both voung men. and each one was
sure that he held the widows plump
hand and was legally married TO her.
mend matters. lhe crowd ducEed two
OF them in Al creek, but tASt didn't de-
eide the question.
A COMPROMISE