The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-05-11

ctuded to accept an Invitation so cordially
given, and laid down on the mattress that
had been spread ON tins floor for my &C,
commodation, thinking OF the happy go
lueky way in which people In the country
get married.
About moor the next day the guests
who had been hidden began te arrive
some on foot, some on long legged horses
and some on short legged ponies, while
others came in rickety wagons drawn by
oxen that looked as though they might
have been imported from the kingdom of
Lilliput, and from that time out there
was fun and feasting-that is, II potatoes
and pork served in various ways can be
said to constitute q feast.
About sunset a man reeling drunk rode
up and was helped of Of his horse.
Show are yer jedgegn said mine host.
"H'lo, Stringf'ler, said the jedge,
looking around stupidity at the assembled
guests, who were Laughing and giggling,
"which's tn 'cusedf''
"Why, you amt IA co'rt, jedge,n re-
piled Stringfellow. '"This here's a mar
rage feas' yer'ye come to-yer've come
here to marry my " gals, Nanc an
Merier.n
'"That's SC" said the jedge, rubbing his
head. II knowed tn wuz sOmp'n I'd
come fur. Les b'gin."
well, come inter the house fust,' = said
the old man.
"All right, c'm'on," and with a lurch
and a tack the speaker got inside the door,
when he fell sprawling on the floor. He
was helped up and given the back Of q
hair to steady himself by,
/ EgVNkt, an,og1 Ali g1-.--l.zf .y.1.f.~.t a.
| yer seed, Stringf'ler," he said. ''Stan'
p, pris'ner."
81 tells yer this here amt no co'rt,
ledge" said old man Stringfeiiow, begin
ming TO get nettled, ''an' my gals amt no
~pris'nersA''
ooh, well, It's all same" said the
ledge. 'tStan' p, gals, m hole p right
ham"
WHAT'S tibet fur9', asked Nancy, as she
and her sister and the two b~ridegrooms
stood up in a row.
Guilty ur not began the jedge,
pointing at Nancy, '~'eyerlastin'ly sw'ar
% take this here young fler,' . pointing to
Merier's afianced.
"No, Idon't," said the girl; "thet'sn-
ITO heye an t hole" wenU on the
ledge.
"No, I don't" repeated Nancy, stamp
ing her foot.
Eyer don't?"
'No, l don't"
''Then It's case mol pros, an this here
so'rt's 'journed.n
'Look a here, jedge," said the girls
father, ~ done tole yer this here amt no
so'rt-this here's a weddin'-thet's wat
It is, don't yer onnerstan'p'
'fYesh, that's all right, ole man, = said
the jedge. "Y'see I knowed l he'd a case
b try an got sorter confused, Les e
back an b'gin over. Watts weddin's
name : - men watts gals an f'ler's
namegn
''Thar's two gals, . said the old man.
"Nanc' an Merier Stringfeller, an they's
q going marry Dick Dander an Pete Prin-
gle. Thar they stan's right afore yer,
now 90 ahead.S
Gan right. D'you, Name, take this
here Pete"
"No,I shan't,n said Name, che ain't''-
Eyer don't an y shan't; tibet pears to
be bout all yer're guilty ", pris'ner,''
said the ledge, ~relapsing into court jargon,
IAN don't see noth'n' T. do but 'scharge
you. Gives a drink, Stringf'ler; co'rt's
'journed.n
StringfeIlow was at his wits end,
though his son, Bill, said it was as good
as a circus, and the company In 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
adjourned sine die, sure enough, when /
suggested the propriety OF complying with
his request, and giving Tic legal fuuc-
tionary a dram, which might brighter
him up long enough to enable him to-.
through with the ceremony properly. Az
cordingly he was taken into the shed
room, where the boys slept, and in a few
minutes am put 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 or that with a smile OF its own, so
that he presented a most comical appear
ance of would be affability.
He was hurried to the front while the
steam was up, when he went through the
usual formula in a disjointed way and
Immediately collapsed and was put to
bed, where he lay snoring through ali the
noise made by the young people, only
shouting out occasionally, 'sSience n
so'rt.n
The frolic lasted all night, the cabin,
from which the beds had been removed,
being transformed into a ballroom, In one
corner Of which an old crippled negro sat
,craping a rasping fiddle and calling out
he figures of the dance with a ~stept0esan
voice that was somewhat crackgd.-
Robert Boggs In New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Indians rs Military Instructors.
In department orders Gen. Nelson A.