Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-25

mated fos life ia ahat quisk iittie eisgs |
Il exfEmG9 q hearty wele0me - YeQnn
ard ed nlike. and veg fsg QasstieuH /
ere askeo II both aAa oantfaeiinG par
ties sEe WiIline, i anly requires aboal /
81 70 seG1T8 the GGEFion1 Of q nan Wh1 4
via Enneh for the arcs Of both. The
laws a Kndizna pFoEiaa that this SHALL /
b dane. hut are geRg fenieu1 ia this ~ /
speuk kulI mnny Z BIuaar8m uaaiden, /
ap0n uhnss chsska he bI1on e ezloan /
s1mMeKs has acaEoely touched. has /
found 3 WILING wiknaag % GMaar thai /
ska was ID years Of aoe. Pegpla 81 ell 4
ACES, from The ssdats old uido1er q 60 /
% The amorous ysufh 81 %. hars ssuQht |
ths little city 70 have the words pFo-
n01nesd which bound than foaolheE for /
life. Brides Ia silks sad brides ID ealico /
have 0swn thlthee from an obstinate 4
fnfhax who objected % the man 10 whom /
they had plienfed their froth.
EiopinG couples are not the e1iy ones |
bowe9sE. who ny 70 Indlanasa shores. |
some GO % avoid pahlieily. and largo
paraenlaRe Of others 70 90 saws the en-
penss whieh would be neoeasaFy should /
they marry Is homo. Besides. an inn
preston ssemp 20 prevail that there e . |
tiDee IL romance attached 10 snch q |
maEEiaRss 10 addition 70 The extreme
novelty.
The maaissralsa Of Jsfern0nvills psE-
foEm most Of the marriages. and some |
mako q regular business Of waiting for
the ssaroksFs for malrimony. The mosi
popular and widely known Of these i
Esquire EphFaim keigWin. The little
SQUIRE a. BE- 10 called, 10 q slim, why
old gentleman, with enow-whita hair
sna kindly smile, which raasaures She
timid bride Who nsfrously awaits the
return Of her future husband with the
license. He vas born in JedeEso1viile
and h s. years Of aga. In 1888 be st
tended So. Joseph's College aa Bardg-
town, bet finished his educati0n ak the
Indiana State University &c blooming
ton. Eight years aao be was elected
Justice OF the Pozoe, and has continu-
ously sarxed IN that capacity ever since.
Altogether he has married 1lS7 couples
and made 1874 hearts happy or unhappy.
as the case may be-; for sometimes, Il
must be admitted, the sea Of matrim0ny
Il tuKh uieut and storm- rocked. The fees
be has received range al the Way from
SO to . oentss A few days since the
Squire said;
There Il No suoh thing Is sizing
up couple financially. have fre-
quensIy gotten the laEReat fees from the
pooEsss appearing. A little incident o.
cured % ne lass weak. was sitting
In my eE1ce reading The Red Rover Of
R0artng Camp when two young ladies'
entered. One said she had come over
70 be married 10 y0ung man Who vas
waiting down stairs. She had Just S2.50,
and wanted 10 know IL would get the
license and marry them Tor that amount,
90 they could raise no m0re. /, OF course,
consented, and while the ysung man
vas gone after the license struck up
conversation With The other young lads.
She told me that ] had married her 10
Q dissolute fellow about q year ace,
and that nov she was repeating at
leisure.
"It Is never TOO hot, or toe cold, or
too Fainyi they come In al kinds Of
weather and ct all seasons. At least
one thiTd Of the marriages / have per
formed have never been made public,
and many fair Kentucky lady Is called
Miss while she carries q marriage oerti-
hoate In her pocket. They most always
wait for q faYorahle opportunity 20
break the news 70 Dissenting papa and
mama.
A funny incident happened about q
year ago. a buxom old lady from the
interior of Kentucky came into she
Office. leading q palefaced bsy By one
hand and q blushing school gfrl about
II years old by the other. She informed
me, Ia unmigtakable tones, that she
would like 10 have those children mar
Fied. A license was procured. and
married them.
Country oouplss are nsarlv Ali about
the same 10 appearance. Jus 9 few
days ago q couple from the back deea
trictss OF Kentucky sGrolled Ia with
Bnllitt county mud on their shoes, and
timidly asked me IL I was the man
who married people, / told them I
was, and, while the young man vent
after the license, the bride told me thev
had waited Gill dad went 20 the store,
and then she Gnuek Of and horned Sis
| Oollins,s hat and shawl and come over.
NheR the groom came bask I said 70
him, Are you not afraid the yoanq
lady's father will be mad when you re-
turn sEf he does III shoot him. He
knows me. and won't poster with me
when ! get riied.,
81 vas taken In badly once. a we'll
dressed party entered. She young lady
was dressed In richly trimmed mourn
ing Rarb and looked she very pioture OF
refined sweetness. NV heart went cut
10 her. and said to myself EphRaim,
here's q good fee for YOU Oae Of the
party olinohed things BY Whispering:
That's $4,000 woman ! pot on my
brightest smile and favored them with
my choicest and most poetic ceremony,
not forgetting 10 kiss TIE bgide and con.
Rratulate her upon having secured such
. prince among men for Q husband.
The husband took me aside and told me
that IN ths hurry Of getting away be
had forgotten his poeketbook, bat be
would send me double fee when be got
home. Well, cir, that man has never
found bis pockeibook.
A coloFed couple dropped 10 from
shelby county one time and cot mar
RED. They elopod. The brides parents
said the Rroom's pedigree was not good
enough.
One evening about Q O'Clock two Ia.
dies and three gentlemen came ii. The
ladies' set down while fhe gentlemen
vent out 70 get the license. Nine o'oioak
came, 10, and, aa the hands Of the clock
touched II, enc Of The three staggered
into the eflice and eaid the other two
we're % drunk that Ne had 10 pat then
10 bed ae the hotel. The young ladies
we're deeply mortified, and FASTENED
home on the last boat. Nov the strange
part Is thas the very naxt day The par.
ties cane over again and married them.
Tie younR men told theiR loving sweet
hearts thai two rivals hal dragged them.
read them q Temperance lecture and
made thsm solemnly promise never 20
touch liquor again and always vote the
Democrats tiokst.
Just short time ago Q couple came
here and asked me II ] would marry
them The young mAn said be Waa is
and bis sweet intended had iust turned
l5i they went 10 school together, were
very much In love. and knew their pa
rents would neveF consent 70 theiE union.
On Do please help us; will be ever 90
much Obliged 20 yUa. said the baby
faced little RiFi, impioRingiy. pat on
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