The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-13
FOR THE ADVOCATE.
Judicial DeclaraAon, O. R9a4 cydi ge
 Je7,od Ia 2

Ieved. No. B
 MR. EDIFeG-Had the pqet's eyo and the pencil ef dramatist, I would red eem my pledge of last week by throwing the refnaining incidents of this roaa-relioying transaction into the shape of comic farce. As l am a plain man, who speaks right on, the things that do know" 1 shail oniy take 2 hlrd's-oye view ofthe getting up of the petition, and pf the scene in Court on It's presentation, in the tyle of a history of farce. To give proper conception of tue hrst scene, you must fancy 10 yourself man enseloped Tn large cloak, with an expression of counienance indicating that Ire has spent slcopleas nigIt in dovising mlschief. and has riscn with the early dawn 10 execute kis devices. you mgst fancy this man,
 Ere well the light of day .s.
 Had chased the shades of night away" h. silly walking the streets of Little Rock. bearing iD hand paper an which is writ ten, in his own masf scsabJffd band writing ID substance, a petition to thc worshipii Justices Of the Pulaski County Court, to declare tie Popo and karor road public road. He is wary in his moYornenta, aud select in the parsons wilom ne addresses. Fancy him entering shap or store. ae S per-. ssGoi. can't read tIlis.'' He re- takes it. He reads it-such. or sucs. part oft as suits his purpose. ssOnly petition for County road---just sign it--it is only a little matter,V says this man of cloak The gentleman snbscribes, ha knows not what. Exit the cloak and in second shop or store, or al corner of street, 1 repeats hls deception. These are speci- mems, and exemplify the mode of getting names to his paper. To others, the cloak 1 openly states the true object his wretch ed scrawl, and they sign it hecauae they belong to oar side, and < go the whole hog.o The cloak adrotiy shuns every man who would be apt to read his scrawl, and is suspected of feeling opposed to ths Governors road craft When some thirty names are thus obtained, tsie cloak dssap. pears in n brick houses and the first scene I closes. fhe matteris kept entirely dark until scene the second. Fancy to yourself an i'll fitted Court room Fancy in that room tlIe assortment and association O! Justices mentioned in my last number, ex- cepiing however the chief toad eater who had no interest in the ncro road. Tho cloak is also thero, and the scrawl closely con. cealod under the cloak. All is silent and in suspense. The cloak casts an anxious eye to the door occasionally \ figure ap proacbes, and tho anxiety of the cloak is lrelieved. Enter chief toad eater. He and the cloak greet each other witl. loving smiles and knowing looks. Toad-eate, panse es a moment at the bar as if to reassure his conscience then steps forward to the seat of tho Justices, with a smirking face Strike while the iron is hot, thinks the cloak. He rises, and from beneath his folds draws forth that most scrabbled tscrawl-a scrawl that not one man in if } can read-a scrawl which was made moi tt 1 be read. or to be read as would suit-a ]scrawl that would make show of nomina
 parties before the Court, and keep the req iparties out of view. By means of thil lscrawI, matter is presented to the Cour lcomple.ely and heavily pasked ll ppr-