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: Courting in tie Seasons.
I luv to kourt In Winter,
The mani girls I no,
When awl outside is drery,
And kuvered up with sno ;
I luv to kort in Winter,
Bekawse the old folks dred
The kold and stormi wether, -
And hurri oph to bed.
I luv to kourt in Spring tyme,
Wen awl is brite and gay,
Wen natur smiles so swetely,
Two chaise the kold away ;
I luv to kourt in Spring tyme,
i Bekawse the gurls, you no,
The luk so orfui prittey '
In ureses kut so lo.
I luv to kourt in Summer,
jWhen awl thyngs are in blume,
And yet I thynk that kourting
i Will ever, be my dume,
For I hav asked just 21 ;
l Of awl the gurls I no,l
Two hav me for their ldvin one,
'And they have answear'd No !
1 LAWYERS STORY,
About four years ago, while I
was practicing law in Illinois, on a
pretty large circuit, I was called on
one day in my office by a ivery.
pretty woman, who, not without
tears, told me that her husband
had been arrested for horse scal
ing. I She wished to retain me for
defence. I asked her why she
did not go to Judge R , an ex
Senator of the United States, whose
office was I in" town. I told her
that I was a ypunff man at the
bar, && She mournfully said that
he had asked a retaining fee!
be-
yona her means; oesiaes ne
not want to touch the case,
did
for
her husband was suspected of! be
longing to an extensive band of
horse-thieves and counterfeiters
whose quarters were then at Moor's
prairie
I asked her to tell me the whole
truth of the matter, and if it was
true that her husband did belong
to such a band. .
"Ah. sir," said she, "a better
man
at heart than my George
never lived, but he likes cards
, and drink, ! and I am afraid they
made him do what he never would
have! done if he had not drank. I
fear it can be proved he had the
horse; he didn't steal it; another
stole it and passed it to him." !
I didn't like the easel I knew
there was a great dislike to the
gang located where she named,
and feared to risk the case before
a j ury. She seemed to- observe my
intention to refuse the case, and
burst into tears. ?
I never could see a woman
weep without feeling like a weak
fool myself. If it hadn't been eyes
brightened with pearly tears,"
" Pd never been caught in the lasso
of matrimony. My would j be
client was pretty. The I handker
chief that hid her streaming eyes
didn't hide her fed lips; and her
snowy bosom rose and fell like a
wite gull in a gale of wind at sea.
I took the case and she gave me
the particulars. ' " .
The gang, of which he was not
a member, had persuaded him to
take the horse. - He knew it was
" stolen, and, like a fool, acknowl
edged it when arrested. Worse
still; j he had trimmed the hoJse's
mane and tail so as to alter his ap
pearance, and the opposition could
prove it ' 1
The trial came on. I worked
hard to get a jury of ignorant men
who had more heart than brains ;
who, if they could not fathom the
depths of an argument or follow
the labyrinthine mazes of law,
could feel for a young fellow in ;a
bad fix and a weeping, pretty wife,
nearly heart broken and quite dis
tracted. V
((Knowing the use of "effect," I
told herjto dress in deep modrnihg
and bring her little cherub of a
boy, t only three years 'old j into
court, and sit as near to her hus
band as the officers would let her.
I tried the erame once in a mur
der case, and a weeping wife and
sister made a jury render a verdict
against law, evidence, and the
judge's charge and saved a fellow
that ought to have been hung as
high as Haman.
The prosecution opened very
bitterly,) and inveighed against
thieves and counterfeiters, who
had made the land terror to strang
ers and travellers and who had
robbed every farmer in the region
of hi3 finest horses. It introduced
witnesses, and it proved all and
more than I feared it wonldj, The
time camelbr me to rise for the
defence.!. Witnesses. I had none.
But I had to make an effort, only
hoping so to interest the jury as
to secure a recommendation to
gubernatorial clemency and a light
sentence!. .
So l 'printed his picture.. A
young , man entering into life,
wedded to an angel, beautiful in
person, possessing every attribute.
Temptation lay before and around
him. He kept a tavern. There
were many guests, it was not for
him to inquire into their business ;
they dressed well, made large bills,
and paid promptly. At an un-
garded hour, when he was nsane
with liquor, they urged upon, him,
he deviated from the path of .rec
titude. The demon alcohol reign
ed in his brain, and it was his first
ofience. Mercy pleaded for anoth
er chance to save hunt from rum.
Justice did not require that this
young wife should go down sorrow-
ing to tne - grave, ana tnat tne
shadow and taunt of a felorx fath
er should cross the path Of that
sweet child. 0, how Jearnestly I
did plead for them ! The Woman
wept; the husband did1 the ipame ;
the jury looked melting. If 1 could
have had the closing speech, he
would nave been cleared ; but the
prosecution had the close and
threw ice on the fire Ihadkiiidled.
But they did not quite put it out
The j udge charged according to
law and j evidence, but evidently
leaned on the side of mercy, f The
jury found a verdict of guilty, but
unanimously recommended the
prisoner to the riiercy of the jcourt.
My client was sentenced to the
shortest imprisonment the I court
was empowered to give, and both
jury and court signed a petition to
the Governor for an unconditional
pardon, which has since I been
kindly granted, but not before the
following interesting incident oc
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Some three months after this, I
received an account for collection
from a wholesale house in New
York. The parties to collect from
were hard ones ; but they had
property,1 and before they had an
idea of the trap laid; I had the
property, which they were about
to assign, before they broke, under
attachment Finding that I was
a-neck ahead and! bound to win,
they "caved in" and forked over
$3,594 18 (per memorandum book)
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in erood monev; rinev lived in
Shawneetown, about 35 or 40 miles
southeast of Moor's prairie. I re
ceived the funds just after the bank
opened, but other business detain
ed me Tmtil after dinner. I'then
started for C , intending to go
as far as the village of Mount Ver
non that night
I had gone along ten or twelve
miles, when I noticed a splendid
team of horses attached to a light
wagon, in which were seated four
men, evidently of :the high-strung
order. They swept past me as if
to show me how easily they bould
do it They shortened in, and
allowed me to come up with them
and asked me td "smile," lor in
other words, diminish the jug of
old rye they had aboard ; but I ex
cused myself with: the plea that I
had plenty on board. They asked
me how far I was going. I told
them as far as Mount Vernbri, if
my horse did not tire out. They
mentioned a pleasant tavern ten
or twelve miles ahead a sa nice top
ping place, and drove on. !
, I did not like tte looks of those
fellows, nor theirj actions. ! But I
was bound to- go ahead. I had a
brace of revolvers and a nice
knife ; my money I was in a belt a
round my hody. j I drovOj slow, in
hopes that they would go ph, and
I should see them no more. It
was nearly dark when I saw their
wagon before the' door. I would
have passed on but my horse
needed rest I hauled up and
a woman came to the door. She
turned as pale as a sheet when she
saw me. She did not speak, but
with a meaning look, she put her
finger on her lips and beckoned
me to come in. ' : She was the wife
of my client j
jWhen I entered, the party re
cognized me and hailed me to
take a drink. I respectfully but
firmly declined, j
"But you'll drink or fight !" said
the noisiest of the party.
'Just as lyou j please ; drink I
shall not!" said l-Ju'posely show-
ins: the butt of a (Mlt that kicks
six times iir rapid Succession.
The others intefppsed and very
easilv auieted mvirononent One
ofi 'ered me a cigaatwhich I shoijld
not have .received, put , a glance
at the woman induced me to ac
cept it She advanced and prpf-
; fered me a light, and in doing so
supped a note into my hand, which
she must have written the moment
before It was i written with a
pencil. Kever shall ;I forget the
words : ; - :. j; -
'Beware-r-they are members of
the gang. They; mean to rob and
murder you. .Leave ,BO0n, and x
will manage to detain them.'
I did not feel comfortable just
then, but tried to look so. . - -
'Have you any room to put my
horse ?" I asked, turning to the
woman. ft -
"What ! you" are not going to
stay here to-night ?" asked one of
the men ; "we are gomg on." i
I think I shall stay," I replied.
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"We'll all stay, then, I guess,
and make, a night of it," said one ,
of the cut throats.
"You will have to put up your
own horse-J-here's a lantern," said
the woman
'I am used to that,' I said.' Gen
tlemen, excuse me I will join you
in a drink when I come in."
. "GwdonyoOTlieadJmorewliis-
Key, oia gai, snoureu mey. .
I went out and danced at their
eecured the wheels,
linch puis
To tiika nnt mv knife and r,rv one
v Lj i t.Ai!
frnm tbft fnrp. and hind wheels was
but the work of a moment, and I
threw them in the darkness as far
as I could. To untie my horse and
dash off was but the work of an
instant. The road lay down a
steep hill, but my lantern lighted
iu Buiuewiiau 4
I had hardlv erotteh under full
headway before I heard a yell from
tne party i nan so unceremoniously
eft. I put the Whip tO my horse.
rm A a it i i i I
ine next moment iney stanea.
tnrew my ngnt away, ana icit
mv hnrA tn mrlr nia war A mo-1
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a hnrrid hrV Thn vvhPk wr
rvu t-
tearingalong with the wreck of the
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wagon. many they seeemeo? to
fetch up in the woods. One or two
shrieks I heard as I swept on, leav
ing them far behind. Jb or some
time I hurried mv horse you'd
better believe l "no. it was a
little after midnight when I got to
Mount Vernon.
The next day I heard that Moor's
prairie team had run away, and
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twu men ui uie luur uau ueeu bu
badly hurt that their lives were
despaired of; but I did not cry.
My clients ! eot the money, but I
didn't travel that road any more.
Printers' Poetry.
Lives there a man with nose so
red who never to himself hath said
I'll pay before I go. to bed, the
debt I owe the printer 'Bran-
don Republican. . - v
Yes, there are some I know full
well, but they, I fear, will go to
well the place where there's
no winter.-UPANOLA Star.
You're blind, "Star," your rear
son' dim, or j you'd not argue such
a whim ; e'en Satan bad woild not
have him who fails to pay the
printer ! Tupelo Journal.
We re glad that now the means have theirs. I tj J V -"".
are found to bring the back sub- A young man em ployed in. a
scribers round so when you've cotton factory 'atHyidilPark Mas -run
your course of years, pay then is! so popular with tte "fair sex"
at last your lull arrears; but no
arrears to have to pay is better far,
we think and say. Land Owner,
"Tell us,' angehc host, ye mes-
sengers of lovehall swindled prin-
ters here below have : no redress
fthmro!" ThA Rhinino- hand wv
plied, To us all knowledge is
given, delinquents on the printers'
books can never enter heaven."
Torch Light. j - :
i5eware ot iittie expenses; a
small leak will sink a eat ship.
. A false friend and a shadow at
tend only while the sun shines,
Drive thy business,
drive thee. ' i
or it
will
. THE FAXB SZtfT
Without the dear'
ladies wo
would be a stagnations
Nothing turns a wegnan's head
like a new bonnet gohf g past her.
y is a washerwoman liko
grief? Because she!
men's
Boe
osoms.
my isa lovely voulglady liko
a hillge j Because sHe iM something
to adJre (a door . . t ,
i 7 f e letter, Mike giving
a .wuwaufc uway.t. aecause
makes
over a lover. I
xhe ladies say the n&y cocoanut
wausnaua re jusiiii e imngio
wear ii a gorea cmf.
A man who courts j young wo-
man m tne starugnt w poaoiy ex-
pects to get a wile m f twijnkung.
Anna iJiciansontmiira tmmp.n
should rida horsAhfl&Tn tio
venient way. "Welli tjleh let her
think so. ;
A KpoVnk womnn fiBn WrlKnd
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oj .wiiiTK;ii?! .-u
hntnnf hrr tllA - i- fn
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went out ana earned lu
. ? Wn.ai fcaiimpitai pun-
ishment," as the boy sa id when his
mother hun P IP ? clo6et
amon? the nreserveri. i
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Have you got a sistem' Then love
and cherish her with a hoi v friend
ship. If you have no a sister of
your own, men
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love1! somebody
else s sister.
The strongest propensity in a
woman s nature," ! sj vs a surlv
editor, "is a desire to)1aiow what
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is ; going on, ana tne, j next is to
I knnn V, iK J
i umbo juu.
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each other like the golden rule?
Because they are doms unto each
other as they woulck . tljat men
should do unto them, u
AVhy are youmr la lies at tho
leaking, up ofa Uke an ar
ro.w-' because pi go on
W?1011..? oeau, andf jare au in a
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IA. Chicago druggist f asked a wo
man what she wantettof arsenic.
and she replied, "I w ht it for rats
and my old man." Jlcr frankness
stopped the sale. '
A j young gentlemti from the -
"rporal districts," wHl) advertised :
for .a wife through tnel aewspapers,
received answers irjau eighteen
husbands, infonnmglimhe could
that when he was contacted of he-
mg drunk, the rlafiri the mill
took up a collection
aadpaid tha
fine.
j"How is iV said;one Miss to
another, that John's ijever afraicL
I ai- "BecaWf hc'fl got O.
Roman nose, and feelHeafel Don't
you remember howj id read that
it 'has always been sai that a iio
man knows no dangevf."; ' '' '-
fotormy a gentlemin talJang to
anotheron the subiectDf marriacre.
made e the followmg ibbcorration:
"jl-htsx saw my wiie la a stonm. JL
carried her to' a baqin a storm;
was published in a st- rm; married
her in a storm ; livecj in a storm
all her life ; but; thajk'heaven I
buried her in pieasai jt weather
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