Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

Tho Knickerbocksr Magazine for July has appeared. We fake from ghe Editors Table two or three of the pleasant anecdotes with which it al- ways aboupds.
 "T.. B. G.ss case of Sharp Prac- sice' reminds us of an incident once re- lated to us by our old friend Senator Seward, when we were fetching walk along the Owasco canal, one pleasant summer evening. intle soulh- ern precincts of sweet Auburn. love- Hest village If the plain: ' [GoId- smith My first case, said the Governor, ain Cayuga county, outside of the viilage, was in the town of S, and walked the whole distance to ate tend 10 t. h was plain case, an ac- xion for debt before a country jury. l arrived in court in due season, and was ready at once to proceedj but the de- Sendan. aid not want to go on without hiscounsHi, who had not yetinade hls appearance. After wailing for some time, and no counsel presenting him self. l thought professional courtesy did not require any longer delay. So ! arose, and laid before the court and jury plain, uDvarnished statement ol thecase in hand, and was about c.aim- ing judgment for my client, when a s% ..,x >.. r n l Z, ,5,,,rs room, and Ihe defendant exclaimed, saold on switch of dry up a min ute! Here comes ny lawyer!' ] looked round, and saw my antagonist walking up toward The bar. ] had never seen such specimen of law yer. Hewore anseld round crowned drab hat, with a tow string lied around 1t Tor a band, with short, black pipe twisted in it, and two-and-sixpence' marked in figures with red chalk on the side. He had short and very crook ed stick over his shoulder, on which were suspended his coat and jacket, and his brown tow trowsers were roll ed nearly up 10 his knees, and he was without slloes or stockings. As he came up to the table, lie tossed his garments off from his stick, wiped his steaining face with a dirty red-and- yellow cotton handkerchief, and then opened upon the court. Sharp practice this, said he, 10 let a young
 Auburn lawyer come down here to 'nlyslily and confuse the minds of plain people like Us, and have the talk all his own way! What's been a-gonl' sonl' How far has lie got?' I rose and remarked that l had waited more ahan a reasonable time, and had then made plain statement of my case 10 ethe court and jury, but that l would nov recapitulate my argument, which at once proceeded to do When | had inished, he took huge quid ol .pigstail in lis mouth, and scarcely 4deigning look at me, said to the jury Well, there --lhal's all he's got to say! Now | shan't say nothing r know and g do you. that common sman didn'l think we had 'iilier on 7em. <Ha hal gaess he'll find he's mis- Taken! I leave flIe whole lining 10 you, gentlemen. You won't have to wait long, expect to come to a decis- sion And ihe case was instontip decided against me, said the Govern- or, although as clearlyin favor of my client as the sun at noon-day.' Now it strikes us that this pas Sharp Practice. It was too plain a case' to the pettilogger, to at all befog the jury.
 Here's 4 Retor5 ,Diih ies in a.' An old chap residing near here, who might be chased as.otsthe genus Sea- laway, who was too lazy to work, but ! picked up aliving by pel,ifogging and other means more or less equivocal, was caughi by neighbor with rail son his back, which he had just appro- priated from said neighbor's fence for fire-wood. Hallo! you old scound- Tell--what are you stealing my fence for }! was tlle saluiaiion he receivedl from the owner. The old fellow tnrned round, rested one end of tue raa on the ground, and replied, with out the least embarrassment: q l ant such q pleaguy sight older than you gre, you meddling old foolp Then yiellbefaiely shouldering the rail, he scafried it home. 7
 S D from tho pasture of ihe sub- - eer!ber in South Canaan, May10th, two 2 |