Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-26
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How 4 Constable made his first Ldgy

How a Constable mAde his first lie by
In ONE Of the interior counties OF
Tennessee, an iliiieiate man, named
Jake Short, who Of law matters il
fiight truly be said, did not know
as naucA as the law allowed him. BY
some chance was elected Constable.
The next day he was met by a
nei5Ilbor, striding like a militia Off
Ger, with hi is saddle bags Oh lis arm.
IioIl ON, Jak e, said he. +.
4 he wheels Of government new
CT stop aip he ad over heels in
business"
Going 70 make a levs?'
yes; got the paper in my saddle
bags :
you bad better keep an eye out,
as the last man in lost by not going
according TO law
They c amt catch me; | am up
TO how it's done,' answered the
new made officer proudly, never
turning his head as he strobe along
G.et me see,' soliloquised he; Il
am to dlstrain for rent attach all
| the property | can lay hands on
When he arrived at the tenement
be found il vacated, and 10 visible
means left.
'Whew! where am to make my
nllleageP said he5 a pillar OF Me
State must have sharp eyeszgoY
ernment expects it,
| Allerpeeriug about the pit houses
and bushes. for SON e time, he espidd
a b antiqnated porkerland her little
ones. 'Alleni Nv got 'em; say,
my eyes are some,' be CALCULATED,
as he rept silly round and caught
| tie porker by the kInk OF her mar
Iratlge, that1he might lay hands on
her and/goI according to law, He
had seen a prisoner taken BY slap
IpinS him on the shoulder, while the
process was read and he shouted
as he bad heard done at court:
Hear Ye-Hear Ye---IIear Ye- 1
attach you. All the time tile
porker had been sup and doing her
best licIls; but jake, whose motto
was never give il mp so,' hung on
to the forlorn hope like a color
pusson's' crop Of y COL to his era
I mum.
| The poet beautifully expresses a
similar catastrophe: Jack came
tumbling down, and Jill came ttim-
bling alter The porker fell, and
"a wheel of COVE nment was sud
denly heels over head, making a
six foot measure and fracturins
some jeans, The por ker, owing 10
her having more propelIers than
the pillar Of Stat E, got under way
first--the little ones doing a tai
specimen Of migrating all the time
'Notavery profitable office, groaned
Jake, surveying his dilapida lied la.
bilinlents; but sworn officer is
bound to DO his duty according to
law
lie now wcrt it strong-it was
nip and tuck for about quarter;
he then gained, md ended The con
test by bouncing like "a daclS en- a
June bug and ma bbing the porllel
by the organs OF hearing-he had
her foul:
Hear We, hear yc, hear ye,
command you 10 appear at 9 o'clock
on Saturday next al. Jim Palker'>
! grocery, and bring with you Mat
passed. Of cussed pigs, Tor in the eyes
of the law you ar E accountable lol
Fem. Fail not 10 appear under pain
OF the penalty laid down in the law
books. As he h1 ID done his duty
he loosed-hls hqld the porker, PC
doubt, now that s. be was acconnta
bic for the appdal lance of the little
ones, was in SD great a hurry te
| Join Them that She got her head
bothered with ihd understanding Of
Jake, and sad ID relate, a pillar 81
the State fell
a nd great was 'he fall 'hfreofl''
! The next DAT, he olldwing Was
| found sticking ON a tree
"NOTIS.
Sat Jim PariSdr's gro rery, at 8
O'Clock, on SaRlr DAY next, | will
expose an old sow and d passel Of
pigs who ill'aFpd ar as the law d.
reefs TO be distlai4 ed for rent.
-. SHdRr, Constable"
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