The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-11

T.yG1 corsULTgTros-A certain iaTyel
in this ctr il noted for his pfofrpttude p O.
manding payment IF hfs fee, BIZ lark n iafsi
ID human honesty leading him y saspeca i IT,
everybody il determined % cheat hfn1. h',
plan is the same that newspapers are cofnFtsiseo
10 adopt-fo collect subscriptions u adseacs
He considers that If he Is unable 70 get lis
own fees before the action Is commenced, nf
will prove hardly conpetentto gam l'ts client !
case afterwards.
Yesterday gentleman in the tailoring iine
called On him and informed him that be wish
ed to hold short consultation With bifns re-
speedng sui. which be was about to Com
nence.
my fee will be fve dollars for q consalta,
ton"
What" exclaimed the man Of cloth.
'.Five dollars. If you please-and generally
take the fee in advance" and he reached forth
his hand for the expected fee.
t.yo you don't" said the tailor, making bis
way towards the door; you can't play aha'
game off On ne"
There's nothing wrong Or unFrofesslonal
about ii" said the lawyer with severity
II cant help that--you must get your ave
dollars out Of the other party" ..-
.So, thafH never do, Never heard Of such
proceeding"
eWell. then I'm bowed ii | don't abandon
the suit. ard you may get somebody else 20
make it,"
sWhat suit are you talking about, asked
the mystifed lawyer.
"Whv, the suitof clothes you won Of Jim
on the election. | came ID consult you about
the color. and shan't pay FIVE dollars for ad-
vice, by great sightg' :
"Oh-ah-uraf That's different case |
rather think I'll have ii green!'
During Doniphan's march from FL Paso to
chihuahua, the black servants Of the different
officers of the regiment formed themselves into
a company. There were twelve Of them, oi
which number eleven were officers and one
high pirate Jo servant to lieutenant D.,
was elected captain He was the blacklist Of
the crowd, ard sported a large black feather
with small black hat-also a large sabre with
an intensely bright brass hilt-which same sa~
bre was eternaIly getting involved in the intri-
cate windings Of bis bow legs. With 10 for
captain they were formidable body, and to |
hear them talk, they would work wondersi- |
During the battle Of Sacramento, however, Lht !
company were not to be seen, but after the &C /
ton was over, they were espied breaking out
from the wagon and joining in the pursuit.
That evening one Of our officers attacked Jd
about his company. /
"Well, Jo, | hear your men were hld be- /
hind the wagons, during the fight" i
Lieutenant, Use berry sorry to say it am de
truE done eberything-I eaIl'd On the pat
ersm OBJ the men-I injoked dem by all dey
hold most dear in dis world an de mex, but it
was no 90; dey would git On the wrong side Of
de wagons"
But what did you do there2"
II stood dar gittin' cooler, and de firing
kept gettin' hotter, and at last de cannon balls
cum 50 ormighty fast, | thought the best ting
dis niggar could do, war to 60 behind the wag
ons herself" d
"Ah," said an Englishman, the other day, :
Il belong TO a country upon which the sun
never sets" "And l." said 4 yankee, be-
ong to country Of which there can be no cor
rect map-it grows SO fast the surveyors cant
zeep up with it," +
An itinerans quack doctor in Texas was ap- E
Piled 10 by one Of colonel Hays rangers to tx r
ract the iron point Of an Indian arrow from il
lis head, where it had been lodged for some p
ime. 81 cannot 'stract this, stranger, said the .
ioctor, "beeause To do it would 60 nigh killing =.
'ou; but / can give you pill that will meItit e
n your headP' II