The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-14
IRISH BOTHERAJ1ON.

town. The multitude of the Kit and
wounded who come before his honor
with black eyes or bloody heads. is
astonishing but more astonishing
Is the number of those. WHO, though
they are scarcely able by their daily
labor to procure food will, ne,erthe-
less, without the lcast reluctance,
waste, six or seven hours Of the day
lounging about the yard or hall Of a
justice of the peace, waiting to max c
some complaint about--nothlng. II
Is impossible to convince them that
time is money. They do not set any
value upon their own time, aud they
think that others estimate theirs at
less than nothing. Hence they make
no scruple of telling justice of the
peace story OF an hour long about
tester (sixpenCe) aud il he grows
impatient, they attribute il 10 some
secret prejudice which he entertains
against them. Their method is to
get story completely b, heart. and
tell it, as they call it. ont Of the face,
that is, from the beginning 10 the
end without interruption.
j" Well, my good friend, l have
seen you lounging about three hours
in the yard ; what is your business"
" Please your honor, il IL what !
want TO speak one word with your
honor" " Speak then but be quick
What is the matter :" The
matter, please your honor, ia Moth
ing at all at all, only just about the
grazing Of a horse, please your
honor, that this man here sold me at
the fair of Gurtishannon, last Shrove
fair, which lay down three times
with myself, please your honor, and
KILT me not to be telling your hon
| or, of how, no later back than yes
terday night he lay down in the house
there within, and all the childcr
standing round, and il was Gods
mercy he did not fall atop of them,
or into the fire to burn himself. So
please your honor. to-day ! took him
back to this man, which owned him
and aitera great deal to do got the
mare again swopped him for ; but
he won't pay the grazing of the
horse for the time | had him,
though he promised to pay grazing
in case the horse didn't answer 4; y
he never did days work, good on
bad, please your honor, all the time
he was with me, and | had the doc
tor to him five times any how. And
50 please your honor It's what ex-
pect your honor will stand my friend,
for I'D sooner come To your honor
for justice. than to any other in all
Ireland and 80 brought him here
before your honor, and expect your
honor will make him pay me the
grazing. or tell me. can | process
him for it at the next asslzes, please
your honor.
The defendant now, turning a
qnid of tobacco with his tongue into
some secret cavity of his mouth, be
gins with his defence with" Please
your honor, under favor, and saving
your hon0r's presence, there's not
word of truth in all this man has
been saying from beginning to end,
upon my conscience, and | wouln't
for the value of the horse tell your
honor a lie; for your honor please
your honor, have dependence
upon your honor, that you'll do me
Jus ice and not be listening to him
OF the like OF him. Please your hon
or, it's what he has brought before
your honor, because he had a spite
against me about some oats | sold
your honOr,which he was jealous of,
and a shawl his wife got at my sisters
shop there without, ant never paid
for 50 | offered to set the shawl a
gainst the grazing and give him a
receipt in full Of all demands, but he
wouldn't out OF spite, please your
honor so he brought me before
your honor, expecting your honor
was mad with me for cutting down
the tree in the horse park, which
was none of my doing, please your
honor,-ilI luck to them that went
and beiied me to your honor behind
my back. SO il your honnor is
pleasing, III tell the whole truth a.
bout the horse, that he swopped a.
gainst my mare, out of the face.
Last Shrove fair | met this man
Jenny Dulty, please your honor
| Just at the corner OF the road, where