River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-18
A Bridegroom,s Mlsadyentures

| From the Columbus (OhIo) State Journal.
About three months ago Il young
man residing in the northern portion
of the city called at the Probate
Judges office and conveyed the in for
nation that he was anxious TO try his
luck in the married state. He inquired
if he procured the license the matter
could be kept out of the handsof those
newspaper fellers." He was desir-
Gus of keeping the matter secret for
some time, for reasons which he did
not see fiji To communicate. The
( Deputy informed the young man that he
| 1.-THE Deputy would do his best TO pre-.
vent a publication of license, but If
| the names were demanded he would
| have to give them TO the paper that
called for them. This the young man
did not like, and SO he concluded not
| to invest in q matrimonial moose and
took his departure.
After leaving the office, bright
idea occurred to him as 10 how he
could circumvent the newspaper gang
and get married too. So he hired a
young man to go TO Madison County,
and procure the necessary papers in
that county. Acting on this, he put
up V, and the friend went to London,
and soon returned. armed with Il
license.
The next move was TO get his girl,
drive down across the line of Franklin
and Madison counties, get married and
return Just as cute as anything could
| be. One afternoon he and the girl
/ started as proposed, and carefully
avoiding any chance of being diScOv-
cred, kept up a sharp lookout for the
county line. At last they struck it,
and were soon directed to the home of
a Justice of the Peace, who lived just
across the line. When they reached
the abode of the Justice the shades of
evening were falling very fast, but
that did not make any difference. The
officer was found at work on the wood
pile. splitting wood. Their mission
was made known, and as they stated
that they were in great hurry, the
Justice told them to alight and he
would perform the ceremony the and
there. 1t was so dark by this time
that the Justice could not see to read
the names of the parties or where they
were from, but supposed everything
to be regular. The ceremony over,
the Justice informed them that he
would fill out the necessary blanks the
next day and forward the license by
mail. The happy couple then started
for home, almost tickled to death at
the manner in which they had fooled
the newspapers.
Time passed on and nobody ever
guessed even that the couple had been
married But the license did not come
as had been promised. Finally the
mOther-in law became uneasy, and at
her instance, the young man wrote to
the Justice. In a few days a reply
came that when the Justice came TO
| fill out the blank, he found the license
had been obtained in Madison county,
that he, 1.-THE justicel resided in that
county, but that the woodpile on which
the ceremony was performed was in
Franklin county, and out of his juris-
diction therefore, the Justice had
conscientious scruples and would not
certify TO the marriage. lie also rec
commended the young man 10 get out
license in this county, and be married
right, or over again, if it WAS not right
| already.
This information stirred quite a
breeze i'm the family, and finally
grew so strong that the young man
went TO the Probate Court Monday, and
stated the case. Hefurther stated that
it was the desire of the girl for wife's)