The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-05-02
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@ Judge B, . pain, and,
withal. very worthy man, but no law
yer, was once county judge Of Oakland,
Michigan, under the old System. A
cause came on trial before him on one
occasion, in which the action Was founded
in tort, and the plea of the DEFENDANT,
which was special, was such as to give
him tae affirmative of the issuer upon
the strength of which he claimed the
right to open and close the case. This
point was denied by the counsel for the
plaintiff, who never, in the Wholeeourso
of his practice, had heard of such an
enormity, as the defendants spresaming:
to open the case Authorities were
brought and cited, however, and the.
Judge, after mature deliberations deter.
mined that such was the defendants
right, and SO pronounced his decision.
After a short pause, during which the
plaintiff was grumbling his dissatisfac-
ton, the court ordered the defendants
lawyer to go on.
" Your honor said hc, rising, !" I
am not quite ready to open this case.
When I get ready, 1 viii let the other
side-know . - ~
A NIGHr ScENE.-It was the silent
hour of night Myriads of stars looked
down with their eloquent eyes from the
blue sky above. For ages those calm,
sleepless eyes had looked down upon the
changing. Kingdoms had been dissev-
cred, dynasties oYerthroHn and vanished.
from the earth like fitting shadows upon
wall No sound was heard. None
but one. Along the green sward, with
night dew crept a7silent figure A look
Of stern determination gleamsd from his
eyes and sat enthroned upon his brow
Onward he creeps, still onward with
that same stealthy motion, till be Teach-
e, white paling. When with out :
stretched hands, prepared todo his dead
ly work, he reaches forth, and hooking
one Of meig1s6or Hoages' cockerels,F runs
home like 6Lazesi si ssst3
- An inventive genius, de1irous of
tprpmoting the domestic rearing Of hens,
has invented a contrivance to keep them
from scratching up the garden. It is
small instrument, somewhat resembling
a very long spur, attached to the hind
part of hens leg. The instrument is
1
SO arranged that when the hen is about
to scratch the earth the spur catches in.
the ground before her foot has fairly de-
scended, and obliges her to bring
her foot down quietly and harm
lessly, little in front eff the place which
she had aimed at The hen thereupon,
tries the other foot, with ike result.
She keeps on trying, and before she is
aware of it, the machine has sOakEed her
right ont Of the garden This will be
just the thing when the hen fever" /"
returns.
QUERY 2-Would il not be, well to
provide the long-legged Shanghai who
agrinds for the editorial columns of
the ashland Times, with one Of the
above mentioned Instruments It'might
prevent him from walking in'' to,
Democrats and q Furriners y and save,
him from further trouble in looking af-
ter other peoples business
= Dearest, I will build thee cot all
covered with ivy in some secluded val
ley, close. by purling brook, mesnder-
ing over It's pebble bottom, necessarily
bubbling, IN dulcet, tinkling strains,
love, love, love; where the atmosphcre-
is redolent of soothing, spicy. aromas,.
that makes the eye languish, and the
heart dissolve in the liquid fro of love;
where the balmy morning zephyrs sigh
in the dense forests leafy maze, court.
ing love melody; where the tiny songs
ters, that whirl in ethereal space, war
Bile nought but love. I viii plant theo
garden of gorgeous loveliness, culled
from natures most ardent designs and
sweet smelling incense :"
Dolphy, dear, don't forget to leave
patch for cOucumbers and inguns-
they're SO nice picked
90 Bridget, where's thetea kettle ?"
" Please, marin, Mr.. O'Neits the new
border, is washing his feet in it a. The
last that was seen of Mr.. O'Neil, be was
going down the front stoop, about six
inches in advance of an empty coal
scutter.
tin Cork ~ said o'eonnsll,
remember supernumerary criers who
had been put up in the place ofan in
valid, trying to disperse the crowd by
sxclaiming, All ye blackguards that
isn't lawyers, lave the prisence O. the
coort intirely, or I'll make ye, By the
powers >"
= The Chinese Of California cslebra-
ted New Year in high old style. Among
the dishes prepared at the Bow Wow
Hotel )" was pot pie made Of the fol
lowing materials: One door mat, two
cats. three pairs of old boots, one dog,
four pups, twenty rsts, two poll parrots,
one wood saw, one pair of cotton socks
sixteen swapping Turtles and a fore auas.
tor Of q horse. The calls numbered