The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-04-13

he met in the street. always stating that
he had a fine horse Ia his stable which
was at the service Of his particular friends.
One afternoon. hoSever. a reverend
gentleman Of this city. hearing that the
legal gentleman. who. by the bv. was "A
member Of his congregation. bad a horse.
requested the use Of him occasionally
The request was readily granted. Al
the same time the owner told the parson
Of his vicious propsnsities. and. with be.
coming consideration, advised him that
he had better not try him. The rever.
end gentleman. however. claimed 10 be y
good hors"man. and wasn't the least
'skeered.' One afternoon he sent for
him; and after the horse had been sent
round fully caparisoned. he mounted.
Everything went on very well for a
square or two. when the horse, with n
sudden movement that was peculiar to
him, sent his rider over his head and
landed him On the street, with his legs
and arm ouistrctchrd like the Austrian
eagle rampant. A short lime afterwards
flhe owner Of the horse was relating the
circumstance to n party OF gentlemen with
more m mute details than We have given.
when me Of them. who is a well known
wog. observed:
We'll. S.. that is the first pious act
l ever knew you guilty Of. You deserve
an honorary membership in some mission.
AIRY snciety.'
How SOP exclaimed another. DO
you call loaning a wild horse to q preach.
tr. which caine near breaking his neck,
a pi"us acl?'
Yes said the i%ncorrigibIe. 'it is the
first lime ! ever knew you to do anything
towards spreading the gospel
A WELSH VERDICT AND IT'S C~oNsEouEN
cEs Many OF cur readers will remember
a remarkable specimen Of trial by jury
which took place in 1915. at the Cardigan
u~ssizes. A gardener. named john Cure,
sued Edward Lloyd Williams. Esq. o
Gwernant. IN the county of Cardigan. fol
an alleged BALANCE of money due To him
for wages while in that genllrman's EN-
pIoy. there having been a dispute as it
the accounts between them. The cast
came on for trial at the Cardiganshirt
asslzes. in 1916. before Sir w. Wight
man. and the evidence clearly established
the plaintiffs right to at least a portion o
his demand. The jury retired to cOnslde
their verdict about half. past nine o'clocl
NJ night. and after u very brief absence
returned into court. with n verdict for III,
defendant. TO the utter a>tonishment q
the Judge and the spectators. Upon tn
Judge leaving the court. several OF III
jury were asked why they give such N
absurd verdict. when they each and a
repird, that 10 prevent themselves beinl
locked up for the night they had agree
10 toss up a half penny and il il cam
up n head the verdict was to be for tn
plaintiff. but il the reverse was the resuI
, the deiendan, was to gain the trial. Un
: fortunately for the plaintiff. a tail va
thrown. and a verdict for the drfendar
was Immediately given. Nothing but
t Welsh jury can save him. was long al
terwards n by- word when any one NJ
u DfiTtu " UC III lHIlllIIt'J- OhuRCI =
y story has a sequel, which me Carmar'ha
Journal supplies, Mr.. Williams havin
1 gained the Trial, that is to say, the tos
g did not pay the costs, the plaintiff ~
sued for them, aud thrown into Carma
: then Ill. being III that time employed :
gardener to John Lloyd Price, ESQ {
Glangwilly. Being unable to procur
funds TO enable him 10 file bis p"tilio
! as an in,olvrnt debtor. John Cure r, mail
I'd in the Carmarthen county jail f
u seven long yesrs. and was only release
an Tuesday last, and then through It
medium of the Tha,chrd House Socip'
@ Surely remarks this journal ibis narr
II tive should induce jurors 10 beware no
they tampsr lightly with the sncrrd oil
q cations Of their on,hs.'--L London Time
t. The PHILOSOPHER HrME.-For Il
purpose Of divrrsitving with a little h'
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