The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-03
c,uaed 10 ncccpt an invitation SO cordially

cluded TO accept on invitation SO cordially
| given. and laid down on the mattress 'lia'
J Ind been spread on the floor for my ac'
commodation, thinking OF the happy go
Inckv way in which people IN the coli'r!
| get married.
! About noon the next day the guests
who had been hidden began te arrive
some on foot some OH long legged horses
and some on short legged ponies, while
others came in rickety wagons drawn uy
| oxen that looked rs though they might
laye been imported from the Kingdom oil
! Lilliuut. and from that time out 'here
was fun and feasting-that Is, IL potatoes
and pork served in various ways can DC
said TO constitute feast.
About sunset a man rcclIng drunk rode
ND and was helped off of his horse.
.IIo1y are yer jedgesn said mine host.
"IIuo. Stringf' Ter" said the jedge,
| looking around stupidity at the assembled
| guests. who were laughing ana s.sSIhg'
"which's tn 'cusedf"
"Why, you amt in co,rt- ledge' re-
| piled Stringfellow. This here's mar
riage feas' yer'ye come to-yer We come
here to marry my two gals, Name an
| Merier."
That's So" said the jcdgc, rubbing his
head. II knowed tn wuz somp'n ia
come fur Les b'gin"
well come inter the house fu5t, said
the old man.
CAN right, c'm'on," and with a lurch
and a tack the speaker got inside the door,
when he fell sprawling on the floor. lie
was helped up and given the back OF
chair to steady himself by.
This 'erc's tn dogondes' oncr'nes' 10
I 'yer seed, Strngfler," lie said. stan
p, prs 'ner." 49, 49,, ,,,, 40 oo,r,
ledge" said old man Stringfellow, begin
ming to get nettled, AN my gals amt no
| pris 'ners."
con, well, is all same" said the
| ledge. "Stan' p, gals, n hole p right
] han"
Watts tibet fur'' asked Nancy, as she
and her sister and the two bridegrooms
stood up in Il row.
Guilty ur mott began the jedse,
and then recollecting himself: "Do you, "
pointing at Nancy, "everlastin'ly sw'ar
to take this here young f'ler," pointing to
Merier's aflianced.
NO, don't, said the girl; 'thet's''-
TO heve an t hole" went on the
jedse
NO, ! don't" repeated Nancy, stamp
ing her foot
Yer DON'T"
"No, don't"
"Then is case mol pros, an this here
co'rt's 'journed."
Look here, jedGe, said the girls
father, ~ done tole yer this here amt no
co'rt-this here's n weddin'-thet's wat
it is, don't yer onnerstan'"
"Yesh that's all right, ole man." said
the ledge Ysee knowed | he'd case
t try an got sorter confused, Les z
back an b'gin over. W ats weddin's
name - men watts gals an fler's
nance"
"Thars two gals" Said the old man.
"Naue' an Merier Stringfeller, an they's
a going marry Dick Dander an Pete Prin
gle Thar they STAINS right afore yer,
now 60 ahead. D."
"AI right. D'you, Name, take this
here Pete"
no, | shan't," said Name, "he aint"-
Yer don an y shan't; tibet pears to
be bout all yer're guilty " pris'n "
said the jedge, relapsing into court largon,
San don't see nOthn' 1 do but 'scharge
you. Gives drink, Stringf' ler co'rt's
journed'
Stringfellow vas at his wits end,
though his son, Eli, said it was as good
as circus, and the company il general
seemed To- be highly delighted with the
| performance There appeared to be no
possibility Of keeping the jedge on the
right tack, and the court was about TO be
J adjourned sine die sure enough, when |
suggested the propriety of complying with
his request, and giving the legal func-
tionary a dram, which might brighten
him up long enough TO enable him to go
through with the ceremony properly. Ac-
cordingly he was taken into the shed
room. where the boys slept, and in a few
minutes came out again with his face
wreathed with smiles | may use the eX-
preston in very truth in this case, for
every feature seemed to be twisted this
way OF that with n smls Of Its own. so
that he presented a most comical appear
ance of would be affabiiity
He was hurried TO the front while the
steam was up, when he went through the
usual formula in dsjointed way and
Immediately collapsed and was put to
bed where he lay snoring through all the
noise made by the young people, only
| shouting out occasionally, Silence n
co'rt"
The frolic lasted all night, the cabin,
from which the beds had been removed,
being transformed into q ballroom, in one
corner Of which an old crippled negro sat
scraping a rasping fiddle and calling out
the figures of the dance with a stentorian
voice that was somewhat cracked
Robert Boggs in New Orleans Times
| Democrat
| Indians as Military Instructors.
| In departmeMt orders Gen. Nelson 4.