I had "braced up" for the occasion by imbibing rather freely of stimulants, and when I arrived at the house, with a copy of the Statutes of Nebraska, which I had recently received, I felt somewhat confused.

Whether my bewilderment was owing to the importance of the occasion and the large assembly, or to the effect of Louis Woodin's "tanglefoot," I cannot now distinctly remember--but my suspicions have always been that it was due to the latter cause.

I looked carefully through the statutes to find the marriage ceremony, but my efforts were unsuccessful.

Finally the time came for the knot to be tied.

I told the couple to stand up, and then I said to the bridegroom: "Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife, to support and love her through life ?" "I do," was the reply.
Then addressing myself to the bride, I said, "Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband through life, to love, honor and obey him ?" [Illustration: A WEDDING CEREMONY.] "I do," was her response.
"Then join hands," said I to both of them; "I now pronounce you to be man and wife, and whomsoever God and Buffalo Bill have joined together let no man put asunder.