Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1877 — BUFFALO BILL. [ARTICLE]

BUFFALO BILL.

The Way He Married a Mebraska Couple. After serving for years on inefrontiers, Cody settled in McPherson, in this state; and in 1872 wiu* elected justice of t,lie peace, am) n> the following year was chosen a member of the legislature.' A good story is told of how he performed the ceremony <»f marriage while he was justice of the peace. It was his first attenint, and the applicants were of tne true western typb. They called upon Cpdy iu the log cabin where he held his justice office. BUI had a book of form a,, wid ch he took down and studied attentively to get some idea of how he should lie the knot. There wcri! forihx for nearly every transaction of Ylfc, but he failed to find what he was looking for, and finally slamnced the book down and observed to the parties: “You two fellers join hands” — and the “two fellers” did no. r Then he said .to the groom: > “Are you willing to take this woman to be yonr lawful, wedded wife, to love her, honor her, and obey her?” ' “You bet your bntes,”’ was the response bf the bnshfol hait lifter, “And you, miss—are yon willing to lake this here mini to be yonr wedded hnaband,tolove him, hoiior him, and support hifa ?” She giggled, and nodded in the affirmative, but tlii*> didn’t suit Bill, who said: ... “See here, miss, we’ve got to have thia thing on the dead square, and We can’t marry folks by halves in this country. We ar* bonirtl to go the hog. If you want this here man for ,a. husoaqd, yon must speak out mid say so, as though yon meant it, sure. I*|l ask you again; ‘Will you take this here man jip be your lawful, .h’ldded husband, to love him, bon jr, hjin, and support bi.ni?” This time the lady responded bravely—‘‘Yes, sir, I will.” i , This satisfied his Honor, and he remarked: “That settles it Now look here, you two; you are man and wife, and. whoever Bill Cody »nd God Almighty have joined together, let no. man pnt asunder- r t