Madison times., 1885-04-11
A TRADE IN HUSBANDS.
Two ComeIy German Girls Astonish a New
jersey Justice.

Two Comely German Girls Astonish New
Jersey Justice.
They do good many queer things in New
jersey, but it is seldom that jersey justice
of the peace receives such stunning sur
| prise as has Just occurred to his honor,
Peter Geimer, of the populous and flourish
ing city of Newark.
Lena SchOles, a comely young woman of
twenty. came to him with Bertha Minder,
who said she was two years younger than
her friend. Lena had blue eyes, fair tresses,
a slender figure and pale cheeks, and Bertha
had raven hair, coal-black eyes, and very
rotund form.
| Lena said that she came from Germany
two years ago with Bertha, and that John
| Grub and Herman Bumgartner followed
them from the Rhine country. Eight
months ago Grub and Lena agreed to marry
and Bumgartner and Lena said they would
do likewise.
The nuptial tie was performed in novel
| way, for Lena and Grub simply raised their
| right hands before Bertha and Bumgartner
and promised to be true to each other, and
then the performance was repeated for the
| benefit of Bumgartner and Bertha. They
occupied apartments in Broome street
Bumgartner, who sells garden produce, and
Grub, who works in grocery, supplying
food which was cooked by the women.
For several months the strangely mated
couples were happy, but finally Grub dis
covered that he and Bertha should have
been one, and about the same time Bum
gartner decided that Lena would have suited
him better. 1t was not long before the wO-
men came to the same conclusion, and after
an exchange of opinion they decided to ex-
change if the women were willing;
Grub and Bumgartner accepted the prOpO-
sition, but Just as the exchange was about to
take place, Philip Scheutheiss said they
must see a Judge, and so the women visited
Justice Geimer.
"Dot vas such foolishness dot wimmens
hate me-" Justice Geimer said, ''und ask me
to split 'em up und tie 'em over. Bertha
say She want her man go to Lena, who say
she like to give Grub to Bertha und take the
Bumgartner herseluf. Veil, tell Bertha
her man vas a pad gardner, und dat Lena
got enough grub, she no right to kick. Shust
when got hold of dem names right dem
two mems both come right away in, und de
Grub say Lena scholde all time. Dey vos
shust alike, for tradin' togedder, und den l
look me at de law. und / don't find no case
shust like dot one. Dot Frank McDermit
de Irisher lawyer. he come in und when he
hear de case he say, dey marry themseluf,
dey unmarry themseluf, und dat 1t be so lay
down in Hoyle, who take every trick"
"Well, guess he might" Sheriff Brown
remarked, 'for he has swallowed all the
law In the country. He's full of it."
SHERIFF who is dot Hoyle? Justice Gel
mer asked in an anxious tone. 81 hear uf
dat Shudge Conradi und Shudge Otto und
Shudge Widman und Shudge Clifford, who
was died, but not hear before uf dot Hoyle.
He must be one great man, for McDermit
say he vas so much like Solomon, und so
tell Lena und Bertha to say yah to de mems
they like. Dey kiss und gif me two dollar
each, und den Lena go away init Bumgart
ner und Bertha nit Grub. Dot vas all
rights, but dot McDermit feller he tell me
go to prison for what l do. You thinks |
peter see Shudge McCarter"
Geimer was told that he should lose no
time, and he started off. At 9 O'Clock he re
turned to Fred Blaischer's saloon in great
trouble. He drank three ponies of schnapps
before he could quiet his nerves. Then ne
said ''he must go right away quick und
split Lena and Bertha from dem fellers und
tie 'em togedder like dey vas already pc
fore"
He was afraid he would be too late and he
paid Patsey Murphy. the depot hackman
80 to drive him in haste to BrOOme street,
but he was too late.