Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-01

this should be exposed, and will be- pcrhapa The
thief is "spo,tcd" aud bad better not Try the ey.
pertinent again
A TnEoLoetoAL LEoruRsR IN TROUBLE Sat
urday afternoon middle aged man, with seeoy
clothes, crumpled shirt and collar, soit bat and
embroidered cloth slippers, entered Justice Nillers
Office and said he wanted the Justice. Having The
portly form Of Esquire Miller pointed ont to him,
he then said be wanted justice-abstract justice.
lie wanted to make an ahidavit and the quicker
he made it tie better. He was decidedly under
the influence Of liquor at this time, and our read
ers must supply for themselves the indistnoness
and variations customary with individuals who
have made too free acquaintance with the bottle
The Justice placed blank before him. dipped his
pen aud asked what he wanted to swear to.
why, neghbor, I've been abused. came to
this town yesterday morning in the steamboat
Ocean from the oily Of Detroit, in the State Of
Michigan. l came to this town aud putup at the
Western Hotel and last night somebody stole 81
out of my pocket book when was asleep, and it
was there when went to bed, aud it wasn't there
when got up this morning"
"Well, can't make out warrant unless you
have somebody TO swear against-some clue as to
who got the money"
"say, neighbor, never mind, kno0 had that
money when went to bed and I'm Justice Of
the Peace when Pm at home and I'll swear that
didn't have that money when got up this morn
| ing, and want to swear
Without expressing any decided objection TO
his ripping out u few oaths the Justice blandly
told him that be could do nothing for him without
some evidence as to who had the money.
The man, who gave his name as John s. Mills,
of Chicago, drew himself up and said he, "Now
say, justice is justice, and I've lost my money. /
came to this town, and I've got one failing; can't
let whisky alone, and so last night | was treated
and got pretty well calculated Now say, m a
lawyer, and justice Of the peace and Pm a man,
rational, reasonable and right I'm lecturer
lecture on scientific subjects. I'm a theological
lecturer, too, but l love whisky. l don't love
whisky by nature. No man loves whisky by ma
ture, except some men who do love whisky by
nature. When a man gets the powers Of his mind
eradicated, then he loves whisky. Whisky ism
good for the soul, its too homogeneous; but when
man gets the pores of his imaginative futitiei
open, whisky gets in, and he is a construed being
That's my case. l got too mnch whisky, and
got robbed. Say, want my rights Say neye
preach false doctrine, for my words are truth. lie
me tell you, there's great rules in everything, an,
I'm au exception, A man that drinks gets conGs
Gated, aud is an evidence of lIightful example O
coutentmen'. I'm thankful, am; say, Pm thank
flI for all my blessings and I've been justice of III
peace I hat house is a bad place; but didn
make it, | amt the author Of bad places lik
your town. but such conduct as robbilg man
$ll can't respect. 1t amt according to tunda
mental principles, and I'm man that don't preac
false doctrines. want my rights want tbs
house perjured l want my money, aud l want /
swear"
This and a dozen times as much more he deli'
I cred, sometimes standing, sometimes sitting, some
times in a low voice, sometimes rising to almost
scream. Sometimes he would drawlo out his wore
like an ancient Methodist preacher, and sometime
r spit out an oath to bind his assertions, His ges
lures were emphatic and peculiar. After a wh
!. he got round to politics and Douglas prospects
~ Chicago and Ii inois He said that douglas
dead and the grave yawns for his body. tell yC
q the grave a lo.a for his body, and it will get
/ don't say how soon; but the grave is yawniI
81 body; he's plebian; he was born in Vernon
u Nuu uv s,a' youus fui no pVay, cy, IS,
l. I'll tell you what you are doing. You are tell
ID how the shareholders steal the negros, and tn
of you 60 and steal the negroes from them Oh,
10 hypoorites! you steal negros, God bless you"
- He "never had family since he was boy
IN but few minutes after, was talking of his b
VS. George. He was advised to leave the Wese
at Hotel (probably it was some other house, as
of know OF no Western Hotel in town. and Come
IS. on the hill, as he might stay three or to
nd months" He answered, well, its my opini,
bo after being robbed, that your judgment should
~. respected"
Take him Oll together, the man was one
bo the most curious specimens to be found. lie Il
49, good flow of words and language, with a IN
= decided pcaehaAt for Partingtonian mixtures
, Dickens should have been there to immortal
him.
lie finally left the Office satisfied that "such CO
IN duct he could not respect
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