The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-03-11

AN IRISH JUDGE.-he noticed rev days
since complete edition Of Shells Sketches OF
the Irish Bar, just issued by Redfeld of New
York. 1t is a most amusing book from which
we propose to extract occasionally for the ben
eft ofthe readers Of the Union, who may pur-
chase it. The following is an anecdote of an
Irish Judge, Lord Norbury:
Norbury's personal appearance was very re-
markabie. He was more than eighty when ]
first saw him, and resembled a caricatured cha
racter in pantomine rather than grave judi
cial parsonage. Chas. Phillips said Of him that
the chivalry Of Quixotc was incased in the
paunch Of Sancho Panza," but chivalry and
had . sort of animal courage, or insensibility
to danger, but was innocent Of the gallant de-
light
(Which warriors feel,
In foemen worthy Of their steel"
He was nearly as bread as he was long. with q
large and rubcund face; small and twinkling
eyes, and q curious expression of ferret-like
keenness, resulting in all likelihood from his
being perpetually on the watch for the oppor-
tunity of o joke. His laugh was SO hearty as
to be infectious. Like Hamlet, he was fat
and scant of breath, and was perpetually puff
hng-like an asthmatic locomotive From this
though resembling the German civilian in no
thing, he had obtained the soubriquet ofPuffen-
dorf On the bench he would pant, and pun,
and puff, chuckling with glee at the laughter
he created, until, as the fun came faster and
faster, and the buffo grew hotter and hotter, he
would let his judicial robe fall from his shout
ders, shift his judicial wig to obtain ventilation
and return it to his head, the tails. most proba-
bly, hanging before instead of behind! On one
occasion, Lady Castlereagh gave fancy ball.
in Glove in Village" and was extremely
amusing. His dress was a green tabiret with
with mother-ofpearl buttons, striped yellow
and black vest and black brooches. If SNOWY.
the attire, from its materials, waslicht. When
Norbury next went the circuit, as Judge. this
fancy dress found its way into one of his travel
ing trunks. The weather was warm, the sit
ting OF the Court would last for seven or eight
hours, the dress was thin-Norbury donned it,
and covered with his ample judicial robes. no
one could see it. BY and by, the heat became
almost lntoierabie. Norbury gave his wig the
usual twitch to the side then he turned M the
sleeves Of his robe : next be loosened the rirdle
which confined it round his waist: and lastly.
wnen the loosened envelope had gradually
opened, there was the Chief Justice seen in his
hawthorn dress chuckling over the Jokes with
when he amused himselfa at the Court in the in
terVals between the grave business of sentenc-
ing cuiprlts to be hanged. He was usually We
~ polite to prisoners On one occasion when
ne had 10 sentence half a dozen, be had them
Heugnt up IN batch. and severally naming
I'VE o. tnem, pronounced judgment of death
An oihcer of the court reminded his lordshin
that he had missed one. The convict was sent
i0r. MY good man," said Lord Norbury
oto~ing IKE grampus, "Tve made a mistake
ABOUT you, and really must beg your pardon.
lPun, pun puif) should have sentenced YOU
WIN the rest (puf), and quite omitted your
name (puH pray excuse me The sentence of
tne law is (puf) that you, Darby Mahoney
lpun ~ really wonder how came to pass YOU
over-oe taken hence to prison, and from pri.
son 70 'ne place OF execution (puff), and there
We Gaangea 6y the neck until you are dead
Pan r,au ~ nope you will excuse my mistake
la ad may ma the Lord (puf) have mercy on your
move Darby Mahoney.' The victim cooi,y
.urnea round as he was quitting the dock, ex-
clalmlng, "Faith, my lord, | can't thank Won
~. your prayers for l never heard of any one
WIZ tnroVe after your making them Y, Nor.
Jury VINO relished a rctort, actually granted
Da1oy reprieve before leaving the assize town
anu successfully recommended him for a com
mutation Of his punishment. =
An editor out West offers his entire nrint;no
establishment, subscribers, accounts. &c. for =
cream snlrt and good meal of yictuals. Fla
Ru0dishes the Independent Family News and
Telegraph enthusiastically War-Whoon !,
ana originally came from Erie.
1t is said that forty.eigbt bours If toto, ,hs.;
nence from liquids Of all sorts will kin a COLI
sntireiy and he who tries this remedy NAV gI
out into the air, and the more the bettar e.
the more he walks and creates exbalation fro U
sne SKIN, the more he robs his blood of water
ana the more he robs his blood Of water. IN,
more thoroughly he breaks the bank on wbicl
.ae nose and throat and lungs rely for maxine
themselves troublesome.
FITTING HER FOoT IN IT-Tberc ,rae n oro,,
onii iateiy at the AthenGum, Sunderland. whcr
All the youth, beauty and fashion of the distr;c
were gathered together. In the midst Of tb,
amusements of the night, when the general en
!oyment was at its highest, rude lump of MI, :
Yer Ieil rom the ceiling on the head of a yduno
- y VINO was plying the slight fantastic toe !;
screamW nus, s vi the Post Horn Galop.; :,
-, swoon-a remov al from tho :. m,r,I,
aaiis threw the company into consto mar ie
~nicn supsiding into curiosity, the snoct.tn m
looked up, and beheld q Iadv.s To- pee'arorS
down below the ceiling! All hard Tagging !,
was the cry, and soon it was discoynro a,o AZ
sundry servant maids, coveting a sight Of ma 40,
DALI mad scaled the heights to gratify their do
sire at ventilator; when one of them mt
Ing ner 1901 IN 1t, made the awkward exhibi
W. hohC was cXLrdcteU from he,
Predicament, but little worse for the disnIav .
nef fantastic toe."-.Notttnghan Rerie,c.
,ELooCENcE BOILED DOwN.-A writer in N.
Sna rs'ian Herald cites the following. which he
smra . oehvered by slave in religions lec.
haS ;ii". M, montgomery, Alabama. It is not
an Illustration n in the way of an admonition
ih:y .S brethren, God bless your souls Ii~ion
fresh and 1rus ia q. sbes In spring comes
sticks dat hab been lynn on de- bags sleds, an
sss do a1wn in de os BneSy de-
slab get cotched on de shore. and dan sna' den
de bushes-an dare dey lie, Wilhelm, , acd on
nm I'll come mother fresh. Just SO dar com ul
'ylval OBJ ligion-dis ole sinner bro't in zone da
ole 6ackslider bro't back, an ali de folks ,o uat
comm, an mighty good times. But Bredren
S Zoo al G.ess your souls bymeby 'vivais gone
on jus such rock den one arter 'noder T.s
mad got iigion, lies all along de shore, and dare
dey lie till 'noder 'vival. Belubed bredren
God bless your souls. keep in de current.