West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-30

The register was produced and
shown TO the jury. and the fact that tho
leaf covering the date of the marriage
had been cut out was clearly apparent
The clerk told the story Of the Whit OF
the stranger TO the church, and Mr..
Godfrey gave an account OF the visit OF
the same person TO him. both swearing
positively that they had seen the man
in London within a fortnight. and that
he was Mr.. Pallister OF the law firm
of Wood, Pallister d Carew, OF Furni-
walls Inn The plaintiff was called by
the defense and admitted that he had
retained the firm as his attorneys. and.
that subsequently, with his consent.
they had employed another firm TO
conduct the case
SURPRISE.
Then the defendant was sworn. She
testified TO the marriage. and that at
the time her husband procured for him
sofa separate certificate, saying that
1t was n Scotch marriage and there
might be trouble She produced the
certificate.
The son and daughter OF the dead
minister sworc it bore their fathers si0-
nature. Then Thomas williamson and
George Mcpherson were sworn. They
testified tina, they were gardener aud
coachman 10 the minister. and at his
death went into the service of his daugh-
ter aud her husband They witnessed
the marriage. and remembered the cir
cum,tancc, attending it, especially that
the Englshman was very particular
about having two certilicateS-one for
himself and nnp ftts his tyifn
This ended the case. and the Jury
found for the defendant
The learned Judge who presided ex-
pressed regret that there was not proof
sufficient to punish the conspirators,
who had evidently used the blyc,t
means to deprive lawful wife and her
innocent offspring of their rights.
\ REMARKABLE DREAM.
Not the least remarkable thing about
this case Is the manner i'm which the
fact OF the two certificates was recalled
to Mrs. Ghwaitns remembrance.
The day | received the information
THAT the certificate and record were
mi, sing, said Mrs. Thwaitcs. "it at
fectcd me greatly, and when night
came could not sleep. At length |
fell into dose, and had a remarkable
dream. ! saw the church at Mollat.
and thought myself there being married
Ia my late husband. ! saw the mn -
ter ilIl out the register. and | signed it
alter my husband. Then | saw the
clergyman and two witnesses s'rn il.
stood by the minister while he made a
copy OF the register, and | heard my
husband say: Letus all sign the docu-
ment. After that was done | saw nv
husband holding the certificate i'm his
hand, and then mist came over my
sight and | heard Il voice which
sounded like my husband 5. ut a dis.
lance, say: This is a Scotch marriage
and trouble may come | will take a
certificate also. Then everything
seemed TO fade away, and | thought |
was floating out to sea. and was look
ing IN vain for a rope which / knew
had been thrown to me. Again |
heard my husbands voice, still more
lndlstnct, and as though he wa,
struggling to be heard, crying out
to me: 10 the left-to the lcft!f All
passed away and was awake. At once
the whole occurrence i'm the church
came back to my mind. | arose,
dressed and, procuring a lamp, went to
the study and searched among my hus-
'''iANA l'lli'iN. i ne StIftn, however
was IN vain, when the words of my
dream, to the left, came into my mind.
| was standing at the time with nv
back to the fireplace, and instiuctivcly
looked toward the left Right before
me was bookcase | went toward if.
and my eye instantly fell on the old
familiar Bible, in a leather wrappcr
lying ON lower shelf This book was
a Nyclille Bible and the very first cdi-
ton published. 1t had been in the fam
lily of my husband for four hundred
years, and contained the records of the
births, marriages and deaths of his an
cestors and relatives The leather
cover / carefully removed and opened
the sacred volume. Sheets of paper
were pasted in the beginning. mostly
containing records On examining
them, came upon the very certificate
for which | was searching. There.
spread out and lying next TO the ccrtif-
cate OF marriage of his father and
mother, was the precious document. &C."
Cincinnati EnqUrer.