The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12

lbled to witness the trial-the watch
linen with their legs tied up, their arms
lin sings, faces court plastered, &C.,
and the prisoners with bruised faces,
torn clothes, &C., all presented them
1selves to his honor, with due solemn
1ty. A great many witnesses were
Examined, and the Mayor was about
to pronounce judgment, when kind
Iof noise resembling the mutter of a
man, attempting to talk with hot pud-
ding in his mouth, was heard among
the crowd-the crowd opened to the
right and left, and ra-al fat, care-for-
nothing Yankee, putting and blowing,
rushed up to the Mayors desk, smack
ing This lips and clearing his throat,
| (for he had just been luxuriating upon
ginger cake,) commenced. -. Wall
Judge, | guess | am getting leetle
behind the time, but l couldn't git here
a mint sooner to save my life, Qook-
ing round the room,) wher's that man
that litso alfred hard-seen any thing
on i'm Judge, 0, here he is. (grinning)
how dye du. Wall did you git much
hurt last night. | du declare, that was
the most powerful fight, but wher's
Mayor.-Who is this man !? Is he
witness, Mr.. Lester /?
Yankee. What, dunt know me,
now du tell; wall, that's as queer as
Mayor.-Wlll you give me your
Iname sir?
Observation-Disclosures Lester one
of those knowing looks, with a half
grin,) Is it possible the Judge dunt
know my name-wher on arth did he
cum from To the Mayor,-Wall
Judge, my name is, late of Amos
keag. You know where that is, dunt
yon-about 5 miles this side of Con-
cord, where Isaac Hill lives. You
know h;m-he's one of the all 6redest
writer's you ever did see, and
Mayor cant stop to talk about
Mr.. Hill now-take hold of the book.
You do swear
Misunderstanding the Bible down)
NO thank you-we've plenty Of
Bibles at hum, and | can't 'ford to
leave my work and then take pay in
Bibles-the specie CT nothing, squire.
cloud laughter.)
Mayor.-Will you take the book
in your hand? I wish to swear you
wish you to take your oath.-Don't
you know what taking an oath is?
+ Yankee.-Wall, | guess l du, but
who on airth ever hearn tell of holdin
on tn Bible when he's going tuswear?
Here Mr.. Lester whispered to him
and told him that it was the fashion
here in the west to take hold of a Bible,
&C. Wall, that beats the fashion they
have down in Bangor snummy ,where
they 60
Mayor.-Wil you please hush and
take hold Of that book,-I can't be
bothered here all day?
Understanding Wall this is
the darndest queer law l ever seed in
all my born days.
Mayor.-(Swears him) Now go on
and tell what you know about this
case.
| Yankee.-Wall, cousin Glenn, uncle
Joe and Zeb Johnsing of Bosting; you
ZeD, guess great stout Teller, and
lift down to the Voxawl the other
night and gin one poor Teller the anna
zinist licking, 'spose, that ever any
mortal
Mayor.-My dear sir, please con-
fine your remarks to the case now on
|trial-what did you see last night
tell US what happened when Mr.. Les
ter and Mr. Rizer were taking Lynch.
Wall, Judge, that was most pow
erful scrape, and | was so all fired
skeered-why, Judge, this ere. man,
Polntlng to Lester,) showed more
spunk-knocked down more men, and
looked more like the Old Boy himself
than any man [ ever see, except I'm
Gle Zeke, the time he fit down at Ma
shua; let me see, | guess it was tn
years ago next September, gineraI
muster. Uncle Zeke had cider and
gingerbread tu--
Mayor.-Can't you tell what you saw
last night, without going back to New
Hampshire? Tell what you saw last
night.
Yankee.-Wall, as I was tellin We,
cousin Glenn, uncle 10 and Zeb johnson
had been down tn the museum, to see
that are AMSTERDAM big animals head there
Dye ever see that squire? Its leetle re.
markable how such internal big critturs
ever managed.
Mayor.--Do you know any thing a.
bout the circumstances of this case or not
sir? ! can't be trifed with any longer
Now tell what you know.
Y ankee.- W Vail. you needn't git wrathy
about it--short as aunt Nabby's s.pie-
crust.''
Mayor, You are enough to try the
patience Of Job. Did you see Mr.. Les