The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-03-12

A MARRIAGE CASE.
Interesting Scene Witnessed In Dakota
Justice-Shop.

JuSt1ce-SnOps
Old Bill Ditmars was recently elected
justice of the peace in Dakota town.
He had formerly taught school and run
a small post-office somewhere in Penn
sylvania and had come West like so
many other men with the intention Of
not accepting any thing less than the
| Governorship, but when he got here he
found the ground pretty well covered
with men possessed of a similar idea.
The woods also appeared to be full,
while, tiguratively speaking, the houses
were overhowing and their feet were
sticking plentifully out of the windows;
all of them had gone out with the ex-
| pectation of getting some good office
and running things" So when he
found how matters stood he just gave
out around that he had once been cir
cult Judge in Pennsylvania, and settled
down to finding fault with every thing
in the neighborhood.
The next day after he was elected JUS
tice big, awkward young fellow came
into the office and said:
ssMr Ditmars-"
.'Jedge, ef you please, young man,
Jedge DltmarS.
"Well, jedge, then. You marries
folks, do you, jedgeP"
al does"
eyes, so s'posed. I want you to dc
the Job fir us, and"
GAIL right, young man, I'll tend tc
you. I'll put your case on the docket
I spose you can give security for the
eostsp"
'.How's thatp"
81 say I'll enter that case O. yourn OF
: the docket
"But we want to be married now
! we're in hurry-Louwese is outn thu
wag'n now.n
"Can't help it, young man, got % G,
at these things right. Eff you want't
90 on with the case I'll issue sum
! mons for the girl and make out /
warAnt."
!, "Who's goin' ter use this warmth"
! ssThe conster' BILE, of co'rs."
= "Now, jedge, ca'kerlate you ain
goin' to do any sich thing. l tell yo
Louwese is outn the wag'n.'
Don't make no dif'r' nce-you don
know nothin' bout law. Amt &c
4 the statutes right here in these books
Don't you s'pose justice knows VIC
le he's DON, stillp You can not begin n
n action in this court, 'thout it goes O
-e the docket and have all parties cor
= cerned supenered to appear and sho'
- =. cause. isser cite-ations to all you
j folks, and you come on the day witch
', sot. You don't have to have jur
r. less you want, though I alters recon
,e mend it. Then eff either of you want
4 back out you can get a writ of maj
IN damerus and that fixes you. If you al
le engaged to any other gal she can put
b 'tachment of habeas corpus onto yo
ss and replever you out. Now, do yo
ly want to begin this action on I'll
e, prem ses hereintoforward mentioned,
h don't youp"
is "You thu 'drin old fool, / don't belle,
ii. you know how to mary folks!'
81 fine you five dollars for contem
vs. of court! Don't know nothin', he,
We I'll show you! Think cos I've jist bet
al 'lected that you can run on me! Thir
of this is my first case, d'you? I'll ha'
70. you understand it amt; l swared m;
ok to an afferdavit this mornin' fore 81
a up. Mebby you think I'm jist sor
common noterar public, but afore y
git through with me you'll find out
rs amt no sich thing. Now, you jist p
TO that five dollars and get out, or I'll il
yh prison you for startin' suit when y
p. ain't got no case, and eff shet you
be onct | won't low nobody to put no b
Is. on you either!''
.ly The young man concluded the b,
ry way to get out of it was to pay the fiji
MS Then he hunted up minister, and so
m he and "Louwesen were one.--EStelli
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