Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23
a Newly.Married Couple,


! A gentleman just in from a Western
\ trip gives very laughable account OF a
negly married couple who boarded the
( train at way station. He says, as the
\ train drew up to the station the whola
I car was aroused by the unusual din. ard
noisy flrewells, "Wish you much JOYS"
and repeated kissings of joyial crowd
of young folks.
The newly married couple, arrayed in
wedding costumes, and evidently fresh
from the final service, took seats in the
centre of the car, and were at once the
attraction. In very few moments
both the bride and groom gave evidence
that there were some more oyerpower-
ing agencies than love ut work in their
systems. The groom turned over seat
in front, and elevated his pedals he put
his arm modestly upon the back of tho
seat, while the air from the window float
ed the white vail and the flavor of or.
ange blossoms over his face. But some
thing was ON his mind, and he moment
arily grew more restless, and twisted and
squirmed in all manner of ways. The
bride, too, seemed to have the same
symptoms. She tried the easiest atti-
tudes, now with her head lovingly on
his manly shoulder, then suddenly arous-
ing and looking uneasily from the win
dow, rs if in expectancy of disaster, or
that she would meet the frown of
an angry father.
Suddenly, when all eyes We're attract
ed to the couple, the groom, evidently
receiving a new and deeper twinge, with
misery depicted on every feature of his
I face, lifted his right leg, and BEGAN tug
/ ging at new boot which some wicked
shoemaker had inveigled him into buy
I ing as a perfect fit After pulls and tugs
/ which made the veins stand out on his
/ face, and the arteries on his neck throb
/ like q small steam engiuc, he succeeded
/ in releasing his foot, and u sense of hap
] piness stole across his manly face. The
/ bride surveyed the smile, but it only
, seemed TO increase her misery, She
/ wiggled, and famed, and finally in des-
/ peration she attacked the buttons of her
/ new shoes with as much yigor as her
/ lord did his boots, and one by one they
( dropped upon the floor.
I Both sets of feet were placed in prox-
/ unity upon the overturned seat, and the
( brides shawl hid them from the vulgar
gaze. The bonnet was unlimbered from
/ its pedestal and the blushing bride
dropped easily upon the shoulder of her
! husband, and securely slept, as the train
whistled and stopped and started. The
passengers, relieved of anxiety, had set
tied to cat-naps and newspapers and pea
nuts, when long whistle was followed
! by the brakema putting his head in ut
the door and elling, "Cresson."
"Great Jerusalem, Julial wake up
/ here we are" shouted the bridegroom;
'and there's them internal boots p
He jumped at them, and tugged and
| sweat and swore, but those feet had ac-
/ tually grown about an inch, and it was
no 90. The station was reached, when
/ only one foot was stuck half way in the
/ leg The fair Julia had encased her
/ pedals slip-shod, and as time and tide"
and railroad trains wait for no man"
/ they gathered their traps, and went out
/ Just as they were, without one plea"
4 10 meet the crowd of friends assem-
| bled to meet the newly welded pair.
/ As the train started, the brakeman came
/ into the ear remarking,'I tell you, the
! bows at the depot are having fun over
/ that couple" We are expecting every
! dav to hear of the sudden death of that
shoemaker and to see the jury bring IN
verdict of iustifable homicide.