Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-09-27
An Affair Of the Heart.

For the past few months hearts have
been the trump in the great game of
life, and Cupid has held full hand anc
played them rcmorselessly in this vi
entity. In vain has been the struggle
of our young men against the Cupid-ity
of His Majesty and many of them have
been compelled to dismount from the
pedestal of their avowed eternal single
ness, and succumb to the charms of our
young ladies' The deliberate calcula
tons of life are often knocked into "pi'
by pair of bright eyes, and we are not
sure but that this is exemplifed. in the
case about to be mentioned.
On Wednesday afternoon, at 2 clock
at the residence Of the parents of the
bride, in this city, John Barnett, was
united to Miss Eunice Tabor, in the holy
bonds of matrimony, by Rev. w. B.
Phelps pastor of the Presbyterian
church. The fair bride Is daughter of
Judge S. J. w. Tabor, fourth Au-
ditof of the Treasury, at Washing
ton, and has long been admired
and respected by all classes of our peo-
pie She is universal favorite in So
ciety and fitted to adorn any home in
which she may be placed. John Bar
nett, the groom, is known to all our
readers, and we need say nothing of him
except that he is worthy in every re-
speet of the fair prize he has won. The
couple left on the afternoon train on
Wednesday for Chicago, from which
city they will enjoy short tour through
Wisconsin, and return home in the
course of two or three weeks. The
wedding was a strictly family affair, no
invitations being sent, except to rela-
tives of the parties. The BULLETIN
acknowledges the receipt of the usual
favors, and, with hosts of well-wishes,
extends it's heartiest congratulations.
On Monday bills were posted on the
street announcing that some party
whose name was not given, would on
Tuesday evening reply to the speech of
Geo. B. Warne, delivered at the Armo-
ry on Saturday evening. AS Mr.
Warne's speech was almost exclusively
a resume of certain facts found in the
official records of the government and
by him merely connected to give them
sequence and force, curiosity was excl
ted among those who heard him to know
who was the individual who, emulous of
the fame of Sancho Panza, proposed to
buck agin' the record, and how he was
going to do it. The task was very sug-
gestive of the young fellow in the vii
lage debating society who denied the
facts" and by common consent it was
agreed that Hasner was the only Green
hacker in this vicinity possessed of req
uisite nervc-it is sometimes called by
another name-to attack the demon
strated truth of history The sequel
showed that Hasner was the man, but
he did not attack AS reply to Mr.
Warne, his effort was like Artemus
Wards lecture on milk, in which there
was no reference to milk, but as a
chance to show off the ex-City Attor-
ney in the character of great consti-
tooshnel lawyer, as Nasty would put
it, it was great success. Hasner dis
played his agility in lodging the issues
raised in Mr.. Warne's speech, but fair
ly flung himself away in demonstrating
how little such men as Geo. w. McCra-
ry know of the Supreme Court decis-
ions, with all their study of years, and
how much he, himself, knows upon the
same subject, by means of hasty pc
rusal of the decisions at the Dubuque
law library, and general inliltration
through one of ID. p. Stubs old
speeches.
Seriously, Mr. IIasners speech was
the thinnest political porridge yet offer
ed in this campaign, and it is but com
mon charity not to dissect it further.
The meeting seems to have been called
on his own motion, and it looks as if
the purpose of Mr. Hasner, instead of
to answer the facts estab-
lished by Mr.. Warne, was to get a
chance to get off one of Stubs speeches
at second hand.