Year: 1871

4 furious BRIDEGRooM-LyELY
ScENEs.-The Peoria RtPu5icon says


Cole, the artist, has Just returned from
trip down the Peoria, Pekin and Jack
sonville Railroad, and while stopping
at Forest City he witnessed rural wed
ding, which quite throws into the shade
anything Of the kind we have ever
heard While at the hotel, in the even
ing, a party drove up, aud assembling
in the parlor sen; for the landlord. They
had come from the prairie. and were in
search of an official to lie the knot that
should make them one and inseparable
torevermore. Cole was invited 10 wit
ness the ceremony, and ascending 10 the
parlor found the expectant brid, groom,
A man about 40 years Of age. and fair
and blushing damsel of 20, waiting i'm
patiently the arrival Of the parsSa. For
some reason no minister could be found,
and they were obliged TO fall back upon
Young fellow newly elected Justice
of the peace and who had never before
otficiated at ceremony OF tins kind.
He was very nervous at the Idea Of hav-
ing to perform the ceremony, aad had
brought with him copy Of Every
Man His Own Lawyer" and "Haines'
Township Laws through which he
searched for desired form. Not find
ing one, and the crowd growing impa
tient. he told the couple 10 stand up
before him and hold up their right
hands This done he pronounced the
following unique charge:


You and each OF YOU DO sclcmniy
swear that in the caHse now upon hear
ING YOU will tell the truth. the whole
truth, and nothing but the tru;h, and
that YOU will love, honor, cherish, and
obey each other during the term oiyonr
natural lives, SO help YOU God.


Both answered solemnly II will and
then the justice charged them a dollar
each, and pronounced them man and
wife One of the fricndsthcn produced
a Jug of whiskey from their wagon and
proceeded TO compound n punch, Of
which the whole crowd drank ireely,and
had dance As they could find nomu.
sic, their efforts were principally con
fined TO iigs and break downs. At last
the party concluded TO put the happy
couple to bed The bride was willing
to go.bccause she said she WAS tired and
her shoes pinchcd her feet. The girls
of the party took her Otto her chamber
and soon disrobcd her, and announced
to the young men that everything was
ready. All repaired TO the ebridal-cham-
Der, where the face of the new made
bride was sweetly reposing on the piI-
low. After n romp and the perpetra-
tion of the customary jokes, the young
fellows intimated TO the bridegroom
that they proposed TO divest him of his
wearing apparel and put him by the
side of his wife. He demuired, and
then scutfle ensued The Bridegroom
was as strong as an OK, and getting an
CRY he blackcned one fellows eye and
tore another ones coat oil his back In
the turmoil the whole party got out Of
the room, tumblcd down stairs, and
brought up in the bar-room where, good
order being restored, everybody took
drink


In spite Of all persuasians the newly
married man declared he WASH; going TO
let them take off his clothes. His com.
radcs then got a rope, and making
moose slipped it over his head and tried
to drag him up stairs. They nearly
choked him TO death, when the landlord
interfcrcd and cut the cord. Then they
fastened it to his leg, and in irving 10
drag him up stairs broke a lounge, tore
down hand rail and half the bauisters.
Finding that they couldn't get him up
stairs, they went up 10 see il they
couldn't make the bride get up and como
down, but she locked the door and
wouldn't let the crowd in Some Of
them got hammer and nails, and get.
ting ladder put il up on the out
side Of the house, climbed into the brides
apartment, and nailed up the door solid.
ly, vowing if the bridegroom wouldn't
let them put him to bed he shouldn't
get into the room anyhow They hid the
ladder and went off The happy man
finding tie COST clear, walked quietly
TO his room and ATTEMPTED 10 enter. lie
couldn't get in and he frantically shouted:
"Jenny, open the door" Jennyinformed
him that it was nailed up. He tried to
kick it open, when the landlord inter.
fered and told him he was not going 10
have the furniture Of the house ruined in
that way. He went out and tired 70
find the ladder, but couldn't do il. At
last some one remembered that a com.
pany of lightning-rod men had some lad
ders at the other end Of the town. So
down the newly-married soul hastened,
secured a ladder, and at 4:3D in the
morning succeeded in joining his bride
in the room above The next morning
the party returned home, declaring that
they had lad the jolIiest wedding ever
known in that section. This is no fan
cy sketch, but q bona fde occurrence.
We could give the names Of the par.
ties if we wished


How SooS We FoRGEr-A eaftorn
from the tree by arugged gale, and borne
away to some desert spot to perish, who
misses it from its fellows, who Is sad
that it is gonei Thus it is with human
life. There are dear friends, perhaps,
who are stricken with grief when a
loved one is taken and for many days
the grave is vatered with tears and.
anouish. But by and bythe crystal fount