The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-26

Al length symptoms appeared Which
most people. whether living ia sosn or
country, are quick 10 Bnderstsnd. A
lev articles sent 10 Mr. Douglass BY die
slllsge draper were not paid Tor on d..
livery. The butcher had ! small 40.
count unsettled. and widow Freeman had
whispered 20 Mrs. Perkins. The publ.
cans wife. that her ledger cor lhs las.
month. had moi paid her . single ak
pence.
Things were in this critical state, and
The reputation Of Mr.. DougIass hung
ifesmbling IN the balance, when fes or
! lie village wonhies met together q, The
Bull. 10 settle something connected with
The poor rates.
The importan, affairs Of lhs parish be-
ING discussed. The lawyer took % The
newspaper which had been brought in by
the landlord. and soon read in rapid
manner the following snnopncemenr
The long-pending cause. Douglass
rsrsns Parsley 10 at length decided.
The Plaintiff proved unsuccessful"
The lawyer immediately threw down
The paper on The table. aust a. ex-
peeIed, said he, !" and just what | think
Douglass deserves. IL he had spplyed
me before he commenced his suit, I
could have saved him hundreds of poupd..
A man must be non compos mea,is 10
take such cause into court. Bu, 1 saw
how the case stood. he has been led ON
BY swindiing silorney. who will nov
most likely aues, him Tor costs. So Mr.
Douglass. irslesd Of having ren,-roIl Of
five hundred pounds per annum. must be-
content TO live In Jornsa paupsis.
never thought that he would hello
10 pay poor rates." said The ehuchwar
den.
Poor rates." cried lhe butcher, /" was
IL ever likely that he would pay poor
rates, when be cOuldn't pay bis bu,cher's
bill! II has run in my head for some
time past. that his noble would come 10
ninepence, and told my wife 80.
"Hsd Mr.. Douglass taken lesson
from those who were able 10 instruct him. /"
said the schoolmssier. slowly delivering
bic opinion. had he correctly ealculs.ed
bis profit and loss, he nigh. hare been
aware that The sum total Of bic expecis-
tons would only amount 70 cipher"
"There was always 100 much frolh
about him for me-" said The publican;
:" lor though he could talk fast snough
when !, answered his purpose. he was
never the man 10 stop 90 take . rs.x 81
-s., 20 gIsss " ursndy and water. from
one months end 10 another. However.
he has run up no score AZ The Bull, and
Ill take pretty good care that he has not
even . pipe Of tobacco without paying
for IT,"
For some lime nothing interrupted the
tide Of unpopulari,y which had Sc, in
against the unfortunate Mr.. Douglass;
each expressed his opiniun in his own
way, but all agreed that too much for.
bearanee had already been exercised. and
tina, il was high time TO let Mr.. Douglass
understand, tina, an upstart having nothing
but ttumpety claim to five hundred .
year 10 support him. would no longer be
coun,enanced by the worthy inhabitants
Of Wexford.
Al length. during momenlary pause,
The schoolmasier took up the newspaper,
with the idle curiosity Of one who has
pleasure in reading with his own eyes
what has already been read to him By
another. when, 10 his great as.onishmenI
and apparent confusion, he made the
discovery that the paragraph had been
incorrectly read by the lawyer, and that
instead Of Mr.. Douglass, the plaintiff
having been unsuccessful in The suit, he
was reported TO have been successful.
This announcement, having been made
BY the schoolmsster, accompanied with
an. observation on the great advantage oil
correc. reading, thing which he Away,
tried TO impress upon the minds Of his
scholars. every countenancs underwent 4
sudden change. The lawyer looked as
keenly at the newspaper as though he
would cut out the piece with his eyes;
the hurchwsrden, half opening his mouth
and rising his brows, sat like statue; The
butcher stared at the publican, and the
publican stared at the butcher. A clsT
Of thunder would scarcely have been more
instantaneous in producing an effect oil
the whole group.
The unbelieVing lawyer was the frs
10 take the newspaper from the hands o
the schoolmaster, and as soon as he wa
convinced Of The error into which he ha'
fallen, he burst into an affected giggle.
little resembling laugh. You must,
he said, " really forgive The hoax ! hav
pu, upon you, bu, | wanted 10 see whe,he
, i, was possible TO persuade you 10 believ
: so improbable a thing as ,ha. Of Mi
I Douglass losing his cause. | was cor
, WINGED. a priori. that a verdict must b
. given in his favour. The defendant ha
b no evidence to bring forward. and | quit
. expec,ed tina. he would have Above
luismen, to 60 BY default. Never did
s jury decide more uprigh.ly. and ! sha
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