A Minnesota Wedding

In the semi-rural district of WinoDa, on the Minnesota sida of ths Mississippj River, lives a jollj fellow of a jastice oí the peace, wbose ideas of matters are much like the current of the deep river - once started in any direction it is hard , to turn them. One day lately, after the 10x12 law dispeusory had been swept, the chaira Det in a short row against the side of the office, and severaï whipped quien of tobáceo and mutilated eiaar stuba had been kicked under thes'ovo, thers was a wooden step on the stairs aad a vigcrous knock at the door. " Come íq," said the justice, ns he settled inio the legal look befitting a man of law, duly eleeted to dispense the favora of tho blind goddess. A stout woman entered. She had on a short woolen dress, wooden soled shoes, sported red cheeks, black hair, and eyes that snapped like the look of a shot gun. With a Portuguese accent, and in the worst possible English, she said : " You law man ? '' " Yes, madam ; be seated." " Want paper. Want paper to taka saai?." Just then a stout French half-breed entered the room. He was unable tospeak a half-dozen words of EngHsb, and lookcd either scared or bashful. The judge at once sow that there was a marriage to come off, and said to the woman, who stood with compresscd lipswstching the justieo and the door : " Want paper to fake tbis man ? 'r " Yes want paper. Me teaeh him.- [Nice woman, thought the justice.} He. no good man. Me take him so quick as can," " All right, my covies - Lx you in thejerk of a lamb's tail," he muttered, aa he turned to the man and said : " You know this woman j can yon take her ? " Tho man shook bis head and uttered unintelligible words. " Ah, I see. Can't talk English. - Well, never raind, He ran into the street, and invited a few fnenda up ctav's, and on returning with them, said to the woraan : " You' want to take ttit3 man for better or for worse ? " " Ycs me want to taSe hira. Me pay." "All right." Then turning to the man, who stood trembling : " You take this woman for better or for worse, and promise to keep her," etc. " Umpb," and several nods of the head. " Tben, in the namo of the law, and by virtue of the authority in me vested, I pronounce you man and wife," and he stepped forward before the woman could say a word, and kissed her red lips. Slap came her hand in his faee, and she chitched his hair. The new husband jumped in to take the woman away, to protect her as the justiee supposed, when in self preqervation he hit bim a rap on the nose. The wnrnan pitcbed into the new husband, who in turn pitched into her, aqd for about five minutes there was a general hustling. 4-t last the parties were separaied, ■7hon the man and woman took another turn at each other, and the blood and hair flow in all directions, Down went tbe stove, over went the table, clatter went the chairs; and into the street liko a niadraan went the justice, with a blackJJ 03-0, and the bosom of his shirt looking like o, warranty deed covered with red se al 9. A crowd rushed up stai'rs and found the man and woman lying on the floor, hngging each otlier liko young bruins, and their arma and legs mixed up worsa than tomato vines. The newly-married conple wereseparated, when, through the aid of two interpreters, il was discovcrert that the nigtit before, the porties, oceupying adjoioing phantics in the lower prirt of tho towu-, had got in a quarrel over a stove pipo, which was eluimed by both, rnd from words Ihey carne to blows. Kaoh party hurricd to tho justice's offiee in tho morning for a warrant for tho other, and the result had been that our justico had buckled them tflgetber as man and wifo. Perhaps tho puuishment ivas raerited, but the baíligerettS couldn't seo it, atid vyent in scarch of another justice to unmarry them, whilo tho general causo of their terrible squabble was bathing his bungetl eye in camphor and whisky.