Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-04
Aneedote.

Judge O'Neall, in his lecture on the Judi
ciary, relates several anecdotes of the iudg-
cs. Those that follow are by Rn,ledge and
Burke OF the latter several are repeated,
but they have already appeared in our
columns in " Historical Recoleclions of
Spartanburg:"
Chief Justice Rutledge was one of those
convivial spirits who mingled in the frolics
of the bar al '96, and the other District
Courts where Carnes' wit ruled and rioted
in wild luxuriance. On ole occasion, at the
opening of '06 Court, he entered tho court
room at later hour than the proper hour
AS he took his seat, the Grand Jury pre-
sented his Honor for being too late. He
quietly said 4" Mr.. Clerk hand me the pre-.
sentiment" And running il into his pnnia-
looms pocket, he turned to the Grand Jury,
and said in his blandcst manner: /" Gentle.
men, would have you to know that it is
never 0 o'clock It'll I am an Court!"
Burke on one occasion, rode up TO the
Sampil ferry and called 70 The sorfymati,
whom he could see across the water but
the man lie was in a frolic, and paid no at,
tcnIion 10 the o(t-repeated calls. In his
own good time he crossed over, and Burke,
as might be expected, was no gentle mood
He rebnked the frrryman in strong terms,
who retortcd by swearing if lie did not
mind his own business he would whip him |!
The boat no sooner touched the land than
stepping out, Burke, who was an accom-.
PliShed pugilisl. laid off his coat, and said
to the ferryman, F" come out my good fellow.
and III give you a beating" The latter
thinking ii fine fun, sprung out. Burke in
stantIy Knocked him down, and continued
to apply the same remedy every time he a
rose, until at last he lay still and cried
Fenough. Burke then said to him, "My
good fellow, when any comes to your ferry
again, be up and away. May. be Judge
b"ke come this way again Y
WHEN you fnd master aclt suddenly re.
fuse, one morning. to play marbles any
more forever, be sure that Master Jack is
| seized With his first love. When YOU find
in Master Jacks bedroom sundry greasy
bottles, with yellow bear-in blue forest
on the label, which---the label, not the
bear-informs you that the contents of
the is an unguent that makes the mustaches
grow, you may be sure that Master Jack is
seized with his first love. IfJack becomes
satrical, and alludes in scornful terms to the
world, be sure that Jacks first love has lust
sprouted, Ifyou find pocket edition of
| Byron about Jacks clothes, be sure Jacks
far gone in his first love- If you find a
1 pair of ratent feathers coming home from
your sboemaker's on Saturday afternoon,
aud can't remember ordering them, and
they can't fit anybody but Jack, don't blame
him; first love is responsible. If son see
Jacks finger ends rather inky, and scraps
Of an acrostic anywhere around, be INSURED
that. first love has caused the spelling OF
some good stationery. Finally, ii Jack is
suffering from first love, don't meet the
complaint With too strong remedies, lest il
strike in, and Jack strike out from parental
authority. First love 10 like the whoopinp
cough, and we must all have il, and Il IS
best to catch it young.
sIss and debts are always more than one
| takes them to be.