Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1894 — Taking a Momentous Step. [ARTICLE]

Taking a Momentous Step.

Chicago Tribune. ;i “What’ll you charge me fur a marraige license?” ask the loose-jointed young man in brown jeans. “Two dollars,” replied the county clerk. “Is that the regular price?” “It is.” —' “Can’t git it no cheaper in any of the other offices?’’ “No.” “Don’tjkeep no secondhand licenses that was brought back’cause the feller got slipped up on and hadn’t no use for ’em?” “Of course not,” “Well,” said the young man, pushing his hat back on his head, “you kin save save one fur me. I’ll be round agin next Saturdas with the $2. I’m goin’ back now to hunt up a gal.” Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jeff Davis and the “Daughter of the Confederacy,” who now lives at Colorado Springs, Colo., where women have the right to vote, has announced her determination to vote the Republican ticket. The pump-dealer is one man who seliom wearies in well-doing.