Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-03-08

Mr.. Hucklebones, | beg TO give you
notice that do not withdraw my claim
to :he legacy Of my late worthy cousin
Abraham. And though have said lit
tie. | have thought all the more. And so
wish you good morning and hap.
py new year. And Gideon retired upon
the heels OF Mr.. Lynxley.
Then, Mr.. Hucklebones and Mr. Levi
arose and the latter took the various pa
pefs which had been laid on the table.
and folded them carefully up, and put
them in tin box abelled 'Scrimble's Ex-
ecuiors,' and locked the box an pu, the
key in his pocket. And then ne and Mr..
Hucklebones politely bowed ont all the
KIN OF Scrimble. and as they went down
stairs, Esau conld hear the executor and
his lawyer INDUCING IN low, chuckling
laughier.as ii they thought the whole tran
Saction one OF the finest jokes in the
world.
But il was no joke, al least TO some OF
the parties. MIR Lyhxlev forthwith sued
Esau upon the bond Of law, and Esau OBJ
tanned an injunction IN equity to restrain
jacob tiom Levying the amount. The
executor shortly after went back TO Gin
cipna.i. having arranged The private af
lnirs that brought him TO England Esau
forthwith instituted n suit in the courts nj
Cincinnati, 10 cover the legacy of Old
Abraham. aha no, having n very favora.
bic opinion of Yankee jurisprudence. he
went ever 10 auperintend the warfare per-
sonally. Seeing this, Jacob took alarm.
and CID The same. Gideon would. no
doubt. have followed them both. bu, un-
fortunately he was struck down by fit Of
apopiexy just after he had packed up all
OF his moveables. They put. by his own
desire, 90 upon his coffin. plate. but il is
, strongly suspec ted that he was OF least 5
years older, and the mistake can only be
accounted for upon the supposition thai
he was constantly endeavorng 10 make
leeway aSalns! Time, MS Mt Hucklebones
iacetiously expressed it. in hope that he
may ultimately get back 10 one and-iwen.
iy; and SO he surely would, and in very
lew years, at tho rate of retrogression
just mentioned, had not death stepped ia
10 the aid of enrnged Time, and thus mar
red the ingenious schem, and will do, ms
long as there is a schemer in the world.
subject TO the laws OF mortality. The
contest WAS thus reduced 10 tho sir gle
point. so strangely raised between Esau
ana Jacob. 1 he lawyers of Esau were
confident oil succcss. Tie lawyers OF
Jacob said i! was impossible he could fail
; Mr. lluchiehoneS lawyer was of opinion
mat neither ESau nor JACOB could claim
The legacy. aha that it fell into the resi-.
Que. Ills opiuion having been commu-
h'ca'ea 10 The governor and trustees Of The
Cosmopolitan Rugged College al Cincinnati,
they forthwith gave their LAWYER ins,roc-
Tons to intervene in tic suit, and put for
ward the claim. and so he did without q
moments delay. Thus The great sui: Of
'ScriInbie vs. Scrimbe' was constructed
IL went On merrIiy--so far ns the LAWYERS
were concerned. and acrimeniously. rs
rsSar0ed the l,ieRn;s; there was plenty Of
ink'sheddng, and plenty of dollar she'd
dIng too; the lawyers were iacrssan,lv
opening their mouths in court; and the
clients as frequently obliged 10 open their
purses out Of court. The counsel for
Esau contended thai the question of pri-
of''y OIL oirIh, was purely question OF
iacl. The counse. for Jacob con.cniod il
was purely question Of law The coun.
sci Ter the Cincinnati RAGGED College in
sisted At was rnixed question Of law and
fact. The court decided upon sending
al issue % lie jury, Whether Esau, the
plaintiff. or Jacob the defenient, attained
Tie age Of twenty one a, the same mo.
meni.' IhereuPon the Cincinnati Rae.
ged College claimed the judgement of
the court in their favor, and the court
gave the Judgement accordingly. From
THIS Judgement, the plaintiff appealed. and
The cause was transferred TO the Supreme
Court oi appeal at Washington. How i,
Jared there has rot set been announced 10
The rest OF the Kin of Scrimble, residing
IN Summerselshire. Each party reports
with great confidence as to'its own pres
poets o. ultimate success; ana ia fac. the
matter has caused a pretty schism among
the Scrimbies. one party ranging them
selves with Esau. md the other with Ja
cob; the consequence of which is. that the
( family never meet at the usual festival
gatherings of Christmas or Easter. with
ou' going TO logge bends upon the CUES
ton, On one point alone are the Esau-
ties and Jacobiies fully ngrsed--namely.
that whichever of the li,gants shnll sue.
coed, no viii not be n dollar tie better of
the legacy at old Abraham Scrimb.e, of
Cincinnati, in tho State Of Ohio, Aineri-
ca