The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-04-21

and then the lawyers extinguished the light
and retired.
All this time the Yankee had been laying
with his eyes half open, watching the ma
movers of the card. He had ofcourse feign-
ed the drunkenness, for he was one Of those
who did love glass occasionally, and his e.
quail at drinking was not to be found every
day.
As the lawyers retired, he leaped from
the bed, and amid their meanings and hic-
cups, which prevented the possibility of
their hearing the least noise, be secured his
own clothing, even down to boots, and Sc
lpcting single article from the clothes of
each of the rest, distributed them around
where his own had been. This done, he re-
tired, and by snoreing, soon satisfied the
lawyers that he was fast in the arms of the
sleepy god Morpheus.
A short time elapsed, and the sprigs of
the law called the name of the Yankee. He
answered not; and they felt assured he was
too drunk and sleepy to know any thing, and
then their work commenced.
Brown slipped from the bed. Cropping
around, he found where the Yankees boots
had stood, and taking the lamp, poured its
contents, good pint of the best winter
strained in them. Then he returned to his
bed.
A moment afer, and Smith came forth.
He would not be so hard on the Yankee, so
he only severed one leg from his panta-
looms and opening the window threw it
out.
Next in rotation, from another bed, came
Clark, and then followed Jones, White, and
Colt, each performing his part and then re-
turning to their respective beds.
The sun had been up several hours -
we don't dispute about the number, reader
when our worthless opened their eyes,
They looked about moment, and recolIec-
ting that court opened at ten, they made
preparations for breakfast.
Springing from their beds, each seized
his clothing, and commenced getting into
it.
Smith seized his pants, and hauled them
on. To his horror, ne found them minns
one leg. He looked about like one en-
deayorln5 to solve some difficult problem.
He sat down on his bed, the very picture
of dispair, while the others laughed hearti-
ly.
Smith" said one, you was to drunk
last night to joke, and cut off your own trow-
sers leg. You're disgarce to the profess
sion. )"
Meanwhile the others had been busy
about their clothes. Colt found his vest
severed at the back. and one half was gone.
Thus he had severed the Yankees, SO he
thought.
And you too, was drunk Colt" said
White, "we'll turn you out"
But White could not find his vest. He
recolle;ted having noticed that the Yankee
had two on, it being cold, and that one OF
them he had thrown out of the window. He
looked out and there was the Identical vest,
his own lying across the chimney to the
porch beneath, now burned to crisp.
"To what has the profession arrived?"
said Brown; "alas, for it!''
Jones had by this time pulled on his coat.
Both arms were gone! and he looked as he
stood in astonishment with arms protrudlng
out from the edge of the coat, more like
fool than anything else.
"What shall DO" he exclaimed, "this is
too bad I'm to defend an infringement case
to-day, and a coat with no sleeves to il! Blast
the Yankee"
Brown and Clark stood convulsed with
laughter, gazing at the sorry spectacle pre-
sented to their view. They gave what en-
couragement they could to their fellow sprlgs.
At that moment the court house bell and
the village clocks pronounced the hopr OF
ten.
Brown made all haste to pull on his boots;
one on, the other mostly so when strange
sound was heard, and the oil came squirting
up about his legs. This was followed by
a shout of laughter from the rest Be-
fore, he laughed; now he took his turn to
be laughed at.
"Alas! for my clieut. l wish that Yam
kee had been -,before he entered this
house."
Gentlemen" said Smith, otis my hum
BILE opinion that that confounded Yankee
wasn't any more drunk last night than we
were. 1t was all sham on his part and
he has taken us in well. He's gone now;
and now that think Of it, heard him
get up last night after we had turned in,
and my opinion is he made change, took
his own clothes, and placed ours in their
stead"
The ceasing of the ringing of the court
house bell announced to Clark that it was
time for him to be moving, while the resi-
stood heaping imprecatlons OH the head ol
the Yankee.
Reaching the bar-room, Clark seized his
hat from the shelf, and instantly put it upor
his head; full quart of oil came trinkling
down over his head and shoulders. 81
thought had escaped, but this is outrage
Gus, he gasped. "Bla the Yankee, he has
spoiled my attending court to-dayp' and he
returned to his companions, while the OF
was vending its way steadily down ovel
his shoulders.
During his absence, the others had found
note adressed to them, which ran some
thing after this style
"My dear Fr ends;-When you attemt tc
make a victim of pedlar, obtain one not so
bright as yourselves"
They attempted joking no more during
the session of the court; and the story leak
ed out, as of course it did, it was rather ex-
pensive by way oftreats for all hands.
Thomas Moore, the poet, kept journal
with singular regularity during period Of his
life; extending, indeed, from a very early