The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-31
A SECRET DOUBLE WEDDING
A LITTLE SCENE IN JUDGE WEEDS
OFFICE LAST NIGHT.
Two Young Couples That Acted ms
Witnesses tO Each Others marriage
The Names Refused, while the
Justice Fingered Two $40 Bills.

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The Names Refused, while the
Justice Fingered Two $40 Bills.
It was just eleven O'Clock last night when
a NEWS reporter stepped into Judge Weeds
Office to learn what the Judge had in the
lin >vs. Whats new, Judge?' ask
ed man of that WORTHY, who was
til in his big easy char with his
fe l,]tup on his desk. apparently
AISLE The Judge didn't answer. He
simp opened his eyes and murmured,
<'Beauty! Why am not young again?
The News man wondered. 1t wasn't
just the Judges way of greeting a press
representative; SO he said, ''What's up,
Judge? Why this raptured look and that
soul-stirring expressions' The Judge
opened his eyes, pulled two crisp ten-dol-
aar bills from his pocket and looking at the
reporter with strange, happy light in his
eyes, he said, 20 wasn't she handsome!
What vision of loveliness, of beauty, Of
all that's good Heaven, il 1 vss lat
young again" The reporter started for
the door. Surely, the Judge must be
VtdLys HIS uOVOAa0ut BocMC0 70 Dk41H
the Judge back to this land of sin and soT-
row ain. however, and as the reporter
touched the knob of che door he said
':Don't leave me now, please; let me tell
you of her. She was, to. begin With, .
brunette, queauly, graceful as grace itself.
Her eyes were black, and such eyes oh,
such ewes When she looked at me my
heart l.. at like trip-hammer, and felt as
though would give my very life fo- one
more glance"
Suddenly the Judge stopped, he blushed
like school girl and with an assumed ex-
preston of innocence on his face, he said:
s'Wouldn't make daisy actor, though?
That settled it in the mind of the re-
porter that the Judge Lad story, ro-
mantle love or, Of some Kind to tell, and
he commenced o systematic sari of
questioning thatselicited the fact that the
Judge had performed double wedding
Further questioning brought to light the
was standing in the doorway of his office
when he saw two couples walk up the
street and stop directly in trent of the
sign that ornaments the front of his Office
They tpc led out each letter W-i-a-f-i.e-.-d
W-e-e-d, Justice Of tho P-e-a-s-e,
When they b, doRe this couple Of B IA s
they started up the street again. At the
corner they turnsd and walked back again,
they stopped and spelled out the siga
Then they went slowly and timidly down
the stair to the cfacs. The Judge had
in the meantime taken his seat behind
his desk. s'Are yol tie judge? asked
one of the young men.
II am" he replied, sat your service"
sPleise, sir" said the youngest of the
ladies, "We want to be married"
L. - ~ j ~ L.
The usual questions elected the fact
thst tie young lady was just eighteen years
and three months old, while the groom was
%. Ev, rything. being satisfaclory,s the
Judge ii. d the knot that boand them for
life and the other couple signed their
names as witnesses. Then they said they
wanted to he married, too. The young
lady said she was 90 years old and the
woutd-be groe m was %. In less time than
it takes to tell it the ceremony was per-
,rmed. The next transaction was the
passage of two crisp ten dollar bills from
the pockets of the youi G lei to that OF
the Judge. Then, with parting iDjunc-
tion never to tell anyone their nam until
aey he'd gwen HIM permission, they left.
Fares i,sysibss. 1oshing would make him
isl prom Use, and the feporter wss
tsux all, tolcav sznatist1ed. The Judges
sasessytia It'll seoaples is as follows:
Th eis.yssr old young lady was hand
aom eEIxa stte, tai land well formed, black
hair and deep black eyes. Her husband
was tall and fair, with clear blue eyes and
light hair. The second lady was also
brunette, but was short in stature and not
as handsome as her comp4nioR. Her kus-
band was taller than she and were light
mustache. Both couples live in this city,
and the parents of both are well-to-d do
people Further than that, the Judge re-
fused to impart amy information about the
romantic wedding, except that he had been
imp orsd not 10 make the wedding known.