The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-10-11
A Ridiculous Marriage.
STORY OF THE FATHER OF THE
GROOM.
Louisville C0urier-Journal.

Louisville C0urier-Journal.
ais the reporter in ~
The inquirer was informed thai
the reporter was in.
"Well, sir" said he, ~ want tC
be set right before the public"
The reporter designated IA chair,
but the visitor, evidently from the
country, would not sit down. He
raised his left hand, and with many
u gesture told his tale.
''That boy of mine-the same
you writ up before-married agil
my will He is not yet nineteen,
and the thing he married is nigh
on to torty.nine. She made my
boy marry her. | did all 1 could
to stop him. agreed to give him
nearly $1,000, but he would do it,
| told him if he's bound to marry
to go to Shepherdsyille, get IA good
gal, one of the kind me and my
wife could honor aud cherish. Told
him if he'd do this I'd give him the
front room and $1,000. Do YOU be.
lieve it, he did no such thing, but
went oft and married this thing i'll
Jeffersonville.'
"When ~
"Last week. | liked that boy
he was a good-looking boy-just as
good looking as you are, sir" and
down went the strangers fist, with
great satisfaction, on the writer's
desk.
Again he continued
"She is as ugly as they make
'cm. Forty.nine, too, nearaboutS;
soon will be, anyhow; been married
twice; had smallpox, too, and id
if she amt deeply peck marked.
Do you wonder the boy veXed me
Why, sir, she is the ugliest woman
ever saw, and would scare the
devil on sight. No wonder my wife
couldn't eat anything, and |
thought my head would give me
the brain fever. | told him I'd
beat the life out of him, and | tried
to do it."
"Why did your son marry herr"
ventured the reporter.
"rhe Lord knows. Two men
came and told my boy not to, but
he would. They said they knew
as much about her as he ever
would, and this made him cry"
did he say anythingi"
eyes; he said he'd put his foot
into the mess so far he didn't see
how he could get OUT
"WGy did you assault him?'
"They had my squirrel cage aud
silver watch. | sent for them and
they answered. | couldn't get
them, and neither could the squire.
| was vexed, and | laid out to leave
hardly life in him. Your paper
blamed me for using a base ball
bat, but | couldn't get anything
else. Me and my wife and sixteen
year-old SOL hunted tor my black
walnut stick, which is smaller than
the base ball bat. TwaSn't my
fault | didn't find the black walnut
cane. The three of us hunted, as
| tell you, but there they were, my
boy and the thing with him, both
armed and going to their house. 1t
was my only chance, so | took the
bat and went for him. ! hit him
on the head, and he fell over. She
laid all over him, aid | could see
nothing Of him except his thigh. |
aimed at this, but believe | hit her.
She was so astraddle of him |
couldn't help it. | saw he was
playing 'possum, and aimed again.
He had a pistol and ii whole load
of guns at his house. His wife
threw two rocks at me. They had
said they were going to Virginia.
| was anxious to act. That's the
whole story, sir, and the truth,
tOo.n
SO spoke Mr.. Ben GatfOrd, of
Lebanon Junction, last night. He
referred to the marriage Of his son
Samuel, aged nineteen, to Miss
Eliza Bolton, thirty years his
senior.