The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-01-07
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, 1892
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Edgar Wilson Nvc. nlhrrwi+ Bill
Nyc i writing a series If Auinbio9ra-
phie5 for The century. Frnnn The iir@t
paper we an ,fr ~ follows: Il forgot
10 say that the Office was not a Slinricd
one. but solely dependent upDn fees
the county furnishing only The copy Of
the Revised Statutes and woolsacS.
slightly ami prematurely bald. So
while | was called Judge Nye. aud
frequently mentioned in the papers
with great consideration. | was out of
coal about half the time. and once
could not mail my letters for three
weeks because | did not have the nee
essary postage. Friends in the East
ern States may possibly recall the time
when my corresp ondence. from some
unknown cause. seemed To dag. That
was The time. OF course could have
borrowed the money. but | had. and
still have. foolish horror of borrow
ing money. | did not mind running
an account. but | hated to borrow.
Tine first business that | had was
marriage ceremony. met the groom
on the street. lie asked if | could
marry people. | said that could to
limited extent He said that he wanted
TO get married. | asked him to secure
the victim, and | would get the other
ingredients. He then wished to know
where my Office was. 1t occurred to
me at that moment that there was no
fire in the stove; also. no coal; also,
that the west half of the stove had
fallen in during the night So | said
that | would marry them at their
home. He maintained that his home
was over eighty miles away and that
it would consume too much time TO
90 there.
"'Wnere are you stopping at?' | in
qured--usng the Pike County style Of
syntay in order to show that | was one
of the people.
"'Well, we met here. Squire. She
come in on the Last Chance stage, and
I'm camped up III Gov ment Canon, not
fur from Soldier Crick. We can 90
out there. reckon
Il did not mird the ride. so locked
nv office, secured a book of forms,
and meeting the young people at the
livery SidDic NCut Oul Will lilCIh dui
married them in rambling, desutory
sort Of way.
The bride was n peri from Owl
Greek, wearing moccasins of the plio-
Gene age. The rich Castilian blood OF
the cave-dwellers mantled in her check
along with the navy-blue blood of
Connecticut on her fathers side. Her
hair was like the wing of a raven. aud
she wore a tiara of clam-shells about
her beetling brow. Her bracelet was
costly string of front teeth, selected
from the early settlers at the foot OF
Independence Mountain. With the
shrewdness of Yankee and the hiu-
teur of the savage she combined the
groteSque grammar of Pike County
and the charming naiyetc of the cow
puncher. She was called Beautiful
Snow. But | think it was mostly in Il
spirit of banter. She was also nc
longer young. | asked her. with an
air of badiuagc, if she remembered
Pizarro. but she replied that she was
away from home when he came
through. The cave-dweiers were 4
serious people. Their plumbing was
very poor indeed; SO also were their
sic, however. and was about to say
clean.cut, but on more mature thought
l will not say that. Her nose wa:
bright and piercing. 1t resembled the
breast-bone of a saud-hill crane.
"The groom was a man of grea
courage and held human life at a very
low figure. That is why he married
Beautiful Snow without any flinching
also why have refrained from men.
tioning his name; also why | kissed
the bride. did not yearn to kiss her
There were others who had claims or
me- but | did not wish TO give needless
pain to the groom, and so did it. He
had no money. but said that he had 6
saddle which if | could use | was wei
come to. | did not have anything IL
put the saddle on at home, but rather
than return empty-handcd | took it."