Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-02-14

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ties with all facilities anl iui1ms
ton at reasonable prices.
As rule the offer is grateiullr,..
ed. for the compile are strangers 4 4
city.
Jacksonville is the Gretna crs,,
Kentucky clippers. 1t lies ins T.
the river from Louisville, wiicbh i
ly reached from any point in M B.
but so little attention'is paid IA al
enforcement of the marriage l.T.a
almost any two who desire to mary :,
do SO, it matters lit G what NAV lsa.|
ages. There are plenty Of instance
which boys and girls of fourtesnoBjsI
teen years Of age have been -,isliI
life, by complaisant magistnts m
Indiana law requires the gran d
twentyaone and the bride eirb.ea
fore the clerk is authorized 10 igu,
license, unless the written cotsDt
the parents is filed. ii the Counyes1
issued the license without these ppr
ions being complied with be is laRe
a heavy fine. But the law is eyalsd
the affidavit swearer, who makes oil
that the bride is Of legal age. The I'M
who swears falsely to the girls zee q
b. prosecuted for perjury, Of cours,
there has never been known case
Jeffersonville in which this las ID
done.
This lax administration Of the Inla1
laws is what induces the elopen 70
married in Jetfersonville In Kenta.
the legal age for II girl to marry viAl
her parents consent is twenty-onp
the provisions of the law are stncib
forced. As n result the County Clai
Jacksonville issued last year icela
over twelve hundred clippers from I'd
lucky. The cost of the license Is !!
he realizes q handsome sum from
trade. Then the magistrate and
agent get their fees.
The expenses of an clipping couple
they go to Jacksonville to be MARIE
are about as follows: Ferrihge tEs1
cents; license, 81; licencs, with glta,
certifi at, so; magistrates Tee
agents fee, 81. Total, Sa.20. THIS
the allowance for a meat bot d
gaudy" affair, but the fees may
duced by scaling the magistrate i'V
50, and the agent can lie pIu4s
Something nice when We st bia
Kentucky" This, with the ierns
will make the sum Total only SIN
has been cdt down even lower hyHa
ing extreme poverty and standing
the squire with a silver dollar
] had talk with Mr.. Kraft a0al
former occupation, concerning VA~a
spoke very freely.
alt isn't hard to tell on elol
he said. ''You see them =
off the ferryboat looking loyeilF
half sclred, one pair acting as nl
like another rs two peas. Ihsv
generally little kittenish, aud
always glad to receive a little ass1
in carrying out their wishes
made good deal OF money out d
Sometimes I make misiaEes
tackle a couple that don't want y
but this don't make en-
It fiatters the men and ticAles tAeg
1t sets EN- to thinking about msul
too, and I've many time had Oa'
;hese couples to come back s0'-
we'd.
So far as my experience goes ln'
sn't a failure. ! wasn't the on3 I
1t first, but | got around SO i've!
nearly all the business came ny
md the others then quit. -,
Kratz and Harris, his moSi W. I, -
predecessor, mite in saying tla' !
the spring is the best i@ ~
Thursdays are the hest DAYS =
week. and it is rare that one q
,airs are not marie | on thai dsy
n all, the business is a godsenu
title city and her magistrates, ~
4 her ministers. N. !. He'a'~