Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-03-16
A MAN OF TALENT.
He Was Too Great a Genius to Remain On.

He Was Too Great a Genius to Remain I'm
known.
Now" said the editor of the Quohoeh
Genius of Liberty to his reporter, sin your
work / shall look for a calm, dispassionate
statement of fact. My paper is noted for
its veracity, and no exaggeration is allowed
on any subject. Do you think yon under
stand that clearlyf"
"Yes, sir"
Then you may attend the Skimgullet-
Dumsquizzle wedding, which takes place
at noon today, and Fll see how you handle
it," said the editor, turning to his desk.
This is what the new reporter handed in
after the festivities were over:
at is the custom of most newspapers, In
giving count of local weddings, to speak
of the bride as beautiful, even If she is as
ugly as a mud fence. The Genius of Lib
erty scorns such fattery. however. If a
woman is beautiful. we hesitate not to say
SO, but If she is not it is not our fault.
We proclaim the fact. We wish we could
say that Miss Melinda D~umsquizzle, who
became Mrs. Dennis Skimglliet at noon
today, was lovely in form and feature, but
we cannot While we have seen uglier
girls, it must be conceded by all impartial
observers that brick dust hair and a null
titude of freckIes do not look well on q
bride.
However, she did the best she could un-
der the circumstances in wearing a tolera-
bly, thick veil. and rugged out as she was In
SSs...Na 9s;a..e .a".irn iaakad quite n~resenta.
said of her husband, who walked with a
limp, and whose sparsely settled chin
whiskers of q pale dun color would have
improved his appearance if they had been
ohovol off No ocoart,ipa5 he N uof,I =.
quiry that Skimgullet is old enough to be
his wife's father and has, in point of fact,
committed the offense of matrirnony twice
before. Some say that both his former
wives were starved to death; Others, that
he worked them to death. Which is cor
rect The Genius of Liberty does not pre-
tend tosay. The statements are given for
what they may be worth.
"What Miss D~umsquizzle saw In him to
marry is a mystery, unless she thought she
would be more successful than her prede>
cessors in getting hold of the money which
he Is said to keep buried somewhere on his
farm We heard it said that her father
owed Skimgullet $135, and that the latter
threatened to have him arrested on q
charge of forgery II he did not get Melinda
to marry him, but this statement has not
been verified yet. The presents were not
very numerous, n the most expensive
one that we saw vas q peachblow vase
worth 81 at retail. The couple left on the
accommodation for a bridal tour of two
days to Podunk. We asked the Rev.
K E. Geticks how much the groom gave
him for tying the knot, and he said Is ceuts.
This, therefore, can be relied upon az off
cial.h
Young man." said the editor after read
~. &Ea Ca
high a genius to bury your talent in a
small place like Quohosh. | would like to
keep you but | am sure that would be do
ing you an injustice. think you had bet
ter go to New York. where your talents
will be appreciated as they deserve. And,
BY the way, when you go to the station to
buy your ticket, avoid making the fatal
mistake Of buying a return ticket. We
are fond of you, but not 80 very fond that
absence could fail to increase it."-W. II.
Siviter in Harper's Magazine.