Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1906 — Myrt Bets A Marriage License. [ARTICLE]

Myrt Bets A Marriage License.

-2- Jr ' 5 - i — 7 ..-V— y.-... - .-..-rr-- | Tho our old bachelor county surveyor. Myrt B. Price, has always beeu ready when convention time comes round, to make a new ; promise *to get married if he is given the office another term, he has always found some means to avoid fulfilling the promise and yet getting a new nomination when he needed it in his bnsiness. This state of affairs has been going on a good while, aud a great many people have about given up all hopes of its ever being any different, at least not until Myrt gets so old and slow footed that he can no longer dodge the arrows aimed at him by the god of love. Be that as it may, Myrt actually called at the c runty clerks's office Saturday and took out a marriage license. It seems that by a mishap of some kind a fine marriage license made out for a ccuple Saturday was spoiled by a big blot of ink after it was all filled out, and : s Myrt came in soon after and asked for his official certificate of election, Clerk Warner gave him this license neatly folded, and after opening it and giviut* it a cursory inspection, it looked so good’to him that he put it in his inside pocket and went away happy. 'His happiness w[as sooumlxed with alloy, however, for very soon the whole bunch of county officers were put next, and all repaired to his offiee, ostensibly to talk over the question of when all the new terms would begin. Of course it soon became necessary to examine Myrt’s supposed certificate of election, and which alter diligent search was found still in his pocket and pro duced by him in all innocence. When heTbund what it was he inV > !* • - a ■* scattered the pieces over the floor. He finally reluctantly admitted that the joke was on him and his tormenters withdrew and left him again to bis bachelor meditations.