Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — Not Responsible. [ARTICLE]

Not Responsible.

The justice of the peace of a certain town was a hardened old ’bachelor, notoriously averse to marriage. His most' intimate friend was to be married and Insisted that he perform the cereniony. After much persuasion the justice consented and the-affair went on smoothly until the last interrogation, “Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?” was asked in a pathetic tone. "I do,” was the response. “Then I pronounce you man and wife, but remember, Jack, you asked me to do this. w Don’t ever blame me for it”