The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-26
HEDICKERED HARD
Young Man Who Wanted to Marry on a
Cheap Bsris.

Cheap Bsris.
Judge Myatt of the Probate court is an
intense believer in the claim that Nc
KinIeyism means prosperity and so is E.
E. Enocn his deputy.
The Judge went 70 the court house yes
terday morning in great glee and when
he met Enoch he said: ''Well, we have a
hard days work before US How many
marriage licenses did we issue on last
Thanksgiving?
Ten, even" said Encch. consulting
the records.
Ten; well, 7 suppose We viii have if
teen today, what do you tnlnk?
Sure" said Enoch, ''and maybe TWEEN
ty."
"Oh, + don't know" said Myatt, "the
day is little Wet
What in thunder do people who want
to get married care for rain?' said M.
Enoch Besides, don't You know II is
lucky TO get married on wet day. Don
you remember that Shapespeare said:
Happy is the bride that the rain pours
on.'''
lie never said anything Of the kind -
said Myatt. What Shakespeare said is
this: Blessed is the corpse that the rain
pours on
what in thunder is the difference sbe-
tween a bride and a corpse! said MI.
Enoch with a sheer.
Their controversy was interrupted by
the arrival Of young couple. the man
with his hat in his hand and the lady
with an all day sucker in her mouth.
as this the judges shop?" said the
man, timidly.
cit is" said Myatt. II am the judge;
can / do anything for you?"
How much do you charge for marry
ing a feliow?"
THE law allows me $3.50 and the
Srom can allow me any sum he desires. >"
mo less than that? could get mar
ried inMissouri for 81"
mo less" said Myatt, with smile. IT
belong to the union and / can't cut on
the price,
Twill you throw in certificate free"
asked the man.
"Well. being as it's you WILL" said
Judge Wyatt.
"All right then, judge, splice u.s." eaid
the man and the young lady smiled and
looked happy.
Have YOU a license?" asked Judge
Myatt, quietly.
whats that for?"said the man.
Judge Myatt explained the law requir-
ing the procurement of marriage license.
That's news to me- said the man.
where do get them?''
'I'Il sell you one" said Judge Myatt.
docs it cost much?" asked the young
Romeo.
only $780," said the judge.
"Well, suppose 1 must have it," said
the young man.
"Or go to the Sandwich Islands to get
married" said Judge Wyatt.
''How far is that from here?" asked
the young man.
about five thousand miles," said Mr..
Myatt.
Gee whiz," said the rustic groom, and
the prospective bride laughed so heartily
that the match holder on Douglas Don
I.elly's show case ratified. -.
''Well, jedge, splice US anyway" said
the groom, IAN tie the knot good and
strong"
This was the signal for another out
burst of merriment from the bride,
whose lips were now as red as cherries
from the juice of the all-day-sucker.
Both of them were led into the parlor
OF the probate court and duly joined to-
gether.
"You must kiss your bride, now" said
the judge.
And while the bride was shaking al
over with laughter. he planted a SOCK
dologer on her candy-perfumed lips and
she flushed until her face was as red a.
the ace of hearts.
Judge Myatt had scarcely performed
this ceremony when Thomas A. Wells
of Tonovav, Kansas, put in an appear
ance and procured license. He is the
same man who wrote 10 the Eagle some
time age asking information about hotels
hackmen and other people. His bride.
Miss Malena Nantel had just arrived
from Dalton, Mass They went inme-
diately TO the residence of Father Then
and wanted TO be married. AS neither
one Of them was Catholic he declined to
marry them. They went to Mr.. Won
Herlich of the Episcopal church, but for
some reason they were not married by
him. They were finally married by
some other pastor and they went home to
Tonovay happy.
The other license granted were 10 WI
liam Griep of Whitewater and Miss Mary
a. Burke of Wichita, who were married
by Father Conway; Robert Brown OF
Minneha and Miss Maggie Summers OF
the same place: George F. Stringer Of
Goddard and Miss Ella Snallbarger OF
East Feoria, ILL.,; John Itzen Of Wichita
and Miss Edali NJ. Harvey OF Wichita;
Frank Litson of Benton and Miss Coch-
ard Of Wichita
There were only seven licenses issued
in an and that was three less than were
issued the corresponding day in 1895. Nc
kiniey's prosperity failed TO materialiZe.