The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-02-06

d~t-rmineu 10 worry through
the embarrassing xf7ai, ~ he best
could. He started for hi. Office, and
the crowd followed to see the fun. Bid
ding the couple to stand before him he
said:
Dearly beloved fellow citizens, these
young folks now appear before you t"
j in g. in the holiness Of mat-'Mony
.arcordin' to scriptnr an the l"ws IT
this court. If any of you knows amy
cause why they Shouldn't make the
play you want to sq"ral right u: this
-,age Of the, game o: corral yer jaws on
the subject fnreverm"1-."
No objection was heard and the jus
ticr confirm. d
''H"l' up yer right h'n's.'
The couple b%lushingiy obeyed.
DE you an each If you soI~mnly
.w'ar that you will marty each other
in the presence o thisicourt !; that you
will do the sqnar' thing by each other ;
tliut you will give everybody else tho
g"-by and cling to each other through
life Till beats calls upon you to cash in
your earthly checks. an that you will
b- to each 9th hu>ban' an wife accor
din to law an the prophe,s an the
rules an regulations y this honorable
court in aich cases made an pervid~d,
~ help ye Godi"
The couple SO sworc.
Jimmy was sweating prOfusely over
the esertion. aud utter scratching his
head to collect his thoughts continued !:
Then |, James C au-, justice o. the
peace, you 10 husban' an
wife now an furevermore world with
out end, amen: an' if the style don't
suit.you you have the legal right to ap
peal to the Supreme court. at Omaha
any time within sixty days. Now light
out, an me an the boys II 60 an drink
yer health"
The couple seemed to be perfectly sat
isfied, and they walked away hand in
hand, their %sun-tanned faces wreathcd
i'll smiles of unmistakabls Happiness
During the trial Of his first, aud. l
may add, his last case, for he threw up
the Office i'll disgust, u Of the alleged
lawyers, u young sp,ig from Omaha,
said in his speech
''Your honor the ground taken by
the attorney on tie other side is a false
Que, u dangerously false one, sir ; Al
assertion in which Blackstone will sus
tain m-. can make it clear to your
honor by Blackstone that ="
The conrt Interrupted him and said j:
''WeII. let's clean up this thing, as
we 60 along, an then VT. won't get mix
ed. If We leave these raveled ends q
hanging loose We'll never straighten
the matter out. Constable, 60 AM
bring Mr.. Blackburn into court to test
fy."
1t was explained t. him that Black
WAS AZ authority on law aud had
been dead many years. This made the
man lighting mad. and he jumped
up and threw Oft his coat and slapped
his fists and howled :
This court may not be very fly on
law an may be away off on edication,
bat it'll be id from Dan to Barshe
by an'back agin if any billed shirt from
Omehaw, kin ring ia Il dead lawyer on
It! No Twin man kin come before tho
bar o. this court an moke a play with
= second hand stiff that's bin in tho
ground q hull lifetime an not get lick
I'd Do you think You kin try % work
foreign corpse into 1.-THE evidence. an
escape the righteous judgment o the
Ieel your linen, you dandi6ed
'reak o natur'. fur the. cyclones a how
am the courts a comm at you in
III its legal power. Whoop " Two
later the Omaha law-sharp
vas the worst licked man the country
lad eve seen.
Jimmy never sat on another case.
de resigned in disgust and tore down
lis single, aud in future wanted to lick
man that addressed him
Is Judge,
His successor also proved = failure.