The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-06-11


AUsat EsaGsa R's'pe tU Court.
Odd yoa ever go a eourtin'; niece or to court?
Zones about the same as t'oother. There an't
but preahus little to choose atween the two, any
how You can Fix it. In one you have to he ask
Jed a powerful site Of impudent questions, and in
t'other you have to ask the question YOURSELF
So there amt much difference in en-, and if you
try both you'll say just as ] do"
About the matter of two years ago, John
Smiths COW broke into Sam Jones' field and
marched just as straight as her foar legs could
carry her right into his turnip patch, and cat
two trTnips tops and ALL Jones, he seed her,
and sol his yeller dog on her, and the dog, (hcs
a savage crittur,) bit a hole through the skin OF
her hind leg and got his brains kicked out to
pay orgit. So mr Jones and Smith were square
but there was them turrips--Jones vowed he
wouldn't plant turnips tor a well able bodied
mans cow TO cat up, and sed if Smith didn't
walk right over to his house and settle the dam
age, he'd prosecute him with u writ. Smith is
a dare devisort of fellow, and he told him TO
come on, he warn't afecrd or him.
As it happened, was agoin' to The Conerene
moetn when the COW Jumped into the field, so
seed the hull perfofmance. Jones he seed
me, and knowed that / seed the scrape, SO he
Hist gin me u little kind of scrip of blue paper,
Iwthsomthin' writ orCul scrawiin' on it. Cicero
read it, and lafied enough tollill himself
"What on airth is it, Ccero@' seq I. SIT
ain't.a luz letter. is III" sez I, "for old Deacon
Dame (who had lost his wife year before )
looked oriul sharp at me the day aore to after
room meetin"
"No it amt luv letter." seq he, "but a
courtln letter from Sam Jonesn
"a courtin letter from Sam Jones?" sez 7,
"why Sam Jones is a married man with ten
children and a baby What does he want Of
more family, wonder?'
"He don't want any more family, as knows
o." sez Cicero, "but he wants you to 60 to The
Falls next Thursday to court, and tell what YOU
seed John Smiths brihd|e COW do in his turnip
fell"
40, my gracious massyl'' sez I, half skeered at
the idea Of goin' to court" ~ can't colts
my ironing day, and ought to make my apple
Sass that day too. Icant go--you jist 60 over
and tell naber Jones that I'd be glad TO obege
him, bat ] cant without deal of onconyenl-
ence"
"But marm,' sez Cicero, foldin up the paper,
this is a sherias or lawyers summons, writ
out of big law book, and you'll either have
to 80 or be kerried to jail That's the way
they sarve iolks who don't mind the law"
"To jail? Hanna Tripo to jaln' seq I as
indignant as could be; I'll learn EN- better
works than to kerry an innocent woman to iail.
I'll lay the broomstick over them if they come
near me-
at is no use tulkin marm," sez Cicero "you
will have to 50, and yon might as well be con-
signed to the evees Of unalterahle ate The
laws Of your country must be minded The
glorious country that the Pilgrim Fathers fl
and blsd fer! You must respect herccmmands.
And Cicero riz hisselG and sot his eyes and
hands, jist as I've seen Parson Scrspewell do
when he is givin out the maledicton
Well, thought the matter over, and conclu-
ded had better go to court; SOL ironed Tues
day and made my apple sass Wednesday,
Thursday, nabor Jones came over aifly, and
took meinto his smartnew buggy to kerry no
70 the Falls Wc had site Of talk about the