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Show WEDDED BDT NOT BEDDED A Play Marriage is found to be Binding, A Divorce Necessary to undo the work of a Joking J. P. In one of the neighboring mining camps resides a gentleman, who, when signing his name officially, attaches at-taches the judicial initials of J. P. thereto. The tact of a justice of the peace residing in the aforesaid mining min-ing camp is quite proper, for his official offi-cial services are frequently in demand. de-mand. But besides being a J. P., the gentleman has other qualifications j and virtues, and is inclined at times j to be practically jocular. In the same j galena- and chloride quarter also : dwells a dapper youth who slings a moderately fair pen and whose shinglcr at the door indicates that "cussing" is done on the inside, a notary public regularly elected, not an offspring of section seven being his occupation. occupa-tion. The juaticc of the peace above sustains the relation of uncle to an interesting young lady of this city, and at the timo our story begins she was visiting her uncle and aunt at the mining town. It so happened that the dupper youth, who by the by is an admirer of the sex, and the damsel were thrown in each others company very often, and seemingly tho presence of either was not particularly offensive to the other. And thus a flairs moved serenely on till Wednesday last, when all the parties mentioned and a few others were sitting in the J. P.'s house, in social enjoyment. After numerous jokes had been cracked by the party and imuch merriment had been made and enjoyed by all, the J. P. thought to outdo out-do the ethers in perpetrating jokes, and as the following will prove, was eminently successful. Walking across the floor to where the young lady was seated he lifted her 'to her feet, then took the hand of the sprightly notary, clasped it around the lady's and, pronouncing the marriage mar-riage ceremony, officially declared 1 them man and wife. The J. P. had got ofl his joke, the auditors looked upon it as such, and for a time nothing more was thought of the affair. But as evening drew near the groom looked seriftisly upon the matter and claimed tho maiden as his wife. The latter, who had all the time considered the ceremony as nothing more than the exercise of a whim of her judicial uncle, refused to acknowledge she was a brjdc, despite persuasion and argument. Thus matters rested t-ll yesterday, when the principals in the transaction transac-tion came to town, the young lady to consult her father, the youth to talk with his papa, and the justice and lady to convcrso with all parties. We cannot say how the affair will terminate, ter-minate, but marringc is too gravs a i matter for even judicial joking. |