Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-16
GREEN, BUT HE GOT THERE
Hood County Couple, After Many Trials,
Married at Weatherford-A
Marriage Announced
Special to the Gazette.

WEATHERFoRD, TEX, June Is - This
morning at O'Clock buggy was pulled up
| IN front of the Thomson house. II contained
| youg lady and gentleman, who registered
| as j. B. Smith and Miss A. f. Parks, Hood
| county. After breakfast the young gent
made his way to the courthouse and the
first persons he met were Messrs Howard
Martin and Abe Lisk in the hall of the
building, whom he asked if it was against
the law to marry a girl in this county who
lives in another county. He was told by
the young gentlemen that it was not. He
then made inquiry as TO Whether or not a
man had to give bond. The young gentle
men thought it a good opportunity to have
little fun out of the prospective bride
groom, and told him that he would
be required to give bond, and in this county
the bond required was very large, the least
being 5000. The young man said he was
not acquainted with any one here but he
would try and make the required bond
After he had been out for some time he
found his way into the county clerks office
and stated that he was unable to make the
5000 bond for the license, and asked if
there was not some other way to get the
document to make a Teller married man.
Mr. Hodges, one of he deputies. told him
that as he was stranger he would issue
the license, if he would make affidavit that
the young lady was eighteen years old. He
eagerly made the oath and obtained the
much-deSired papers. The young man then
asked if the county clerk could not perform
the ceremony When told not, he entreated
County Clerk Akard to get a preacher for
him. Mr.. Akard, Suspecting from the
young mans appearance, which was plainly
visible, that he had thanked up pretty
well for the occasion to steady his nerves,
he gave him small lecture about getting
IN such condition for such an occasion,
and Under the clrpuO St9pnaS HCpljDnd n
find minister on account of his condition
Some of the boys about the courthouse. for
a little fun, wrote Il note without signing
any name, to MIR. Smith. saying Mr. Parks
the girls father, had just arrived in the
city, and that he was quite wrathy and was
hunting Smith. On the receipt of this
note, Mr.. Smith struck Il trot for Rev. Mr.
Carnes, who lives only two blocks from the
hotel, and within very short time he had
returned with the minister and was mar
ried In the hotel parlors in the presence of
the family of Mr.. Thomson, some travelling
men and The GAZETTE correspondent as
witnesses to the marriage. After the cere-
mony The GAZETTE correspondent learned
from the newly married man that both of
them lived in Hoodcounty and that the father
of the girl objected to the marrying and
that late yesterday evening they made way
from the old gents place and travelled all
night for this place.
He says they Will remain here two or
three days and will return home, and he
does not expect any i'll treatment when he
gets to the old mans house.
The boys about the courthouse think of
all green young men he was about the
greenest about how to proceed to get mar
ried.
NJ. Roderick, ex-iustice of the peace at
Springtown, against whom there are seven
indictments for embezzlement and miss-ap-
plying county funds, is now on trial in one
of the cases.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr.. A.
S. Lewis, city secretary, to Miss LOWE
Mackey, daughter of Rev. DR.. James
Mackey pastor of the Methodist church
here. The marriage is to take place on the
18th instant. Both of them are favorites in
society circles here