Show 1 KANSAS COUPLE FOOLED j lEatrimoninl Candidates Were 2Iar fred tried t-ried and Didnrt Know It A Larned Kan dispatch to the Kansas Kan-sas City Star gives this laughable incident in-cident A marriage performed by Probate Judge Benjamin Gore of this county last Saturday had a peculiar sequel Oscar Exstron and Miss Maria Axe i grene Swedes living in this county the latter a recent arrival from Sweden arlval went to the judges office for the purpose j I pur-pose of securing a marriage license I Judge Benjamin Gore asked them if they wanted him to marry them and without comprehending the import of j i I the question the young man replied that they did The judge promptly provided pro-vided the necessary witnesses married the couple gave them a marriage certificate gve tificate instead of a license and sent them on their way rejoicing He issued the license but as he had performed the ceremony he retained it and made the usual return of i to his office Monday the young couple not knowing know-ing they had been mari d sent invitations invi-tations to their relatives and friends engaged the services of a Swedish minister min-ister from McPherson provided for the wedding feast and set Wednesday as the date At the appointed time the bride and groom with their attendants took their places The clergyman then asked for the marriage license When the young man produced a marriage certificate instead of a license the minister informed in-formed the two that they had been legally le-gally married four days before and that his services were not required This created great consternation and the bride and groom wept in the excess I cess of their disappointment and vexation vexa-tion Through the efforts of the minister min-ister and their relatives and friends they were convinced that they had been properly wedded and were persuaded to join in the wedding feast |