The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-05-26
The stub tocd Boots.

A certain party, whose name it is unnec-'
essary to mention, were camped out west,
near the Dcs Moines improvement. They
had large tent fitted up very comfortably,
and the hosiers about there were in the
habit Of frequently dropping in, and making
themselves perfectly at home. One after
noon, one of the party-C., was sitting strad-
die of a trunk, with glass before him, sha.
wing and pair of stub toed boots sitting
on the trunk before hiIn-not such stubs as
the fancy used to wear, but different way.
You may form some idea of their shape, by
the doctor saying, that ''the shoemaker who
made them was too poor to buy a last, and
therefore, must have made them over his lap
stone'' c. had not been engaged over five
minutes, when in come one of the hoosiers,
very leasurely taking sect, and commenced
taking good survey. After endeavoring to
draw out one or two OF the party, and find
ing it mo go" his gaze at length rested on
our friend C's shoes. Thinking he had a
good subject for discoursing on, he said:
81 say, stranger. how did the toes Of them
ar (pointing to his shoes )ever git drawn up
SOP"
G. got up anil lookel at him minute;
and then, in rather unpleasant tone Of
/ voice said
"Sir, drove the toes of those shoes, as
you see, by kicking men out Of this tent for
asking impudent questions"
The fellow did not stay great while after
that, but moved out with his face to c.
with his eyes fixel firmly on the stub toed
boots.
TIE SrcKLEs CAsE-Preceaents.- Our
whole Judicial history is full of precisely
| similar cases to that of Sickles. Singleton
Mercer, in Philadelphia. followed the man
who had seduced his sister, for days, and
shot him in coach-he was acquitted BIZ
the jury. Mr.. Jarboe met the seducer #
his daughter and asked him if he intended
marry her--he answered no. Jarboe shot
him on the spot AMI was aclnittei. Mr..
Myers, in Virginia went with a frienl to
hotel, sought the selucer of his wife, found
him in his room and shot him-he was tried
and acquitted. Amelia Norm,n, in New
York, shot the man on the steps oil the As
tor House, who had betrayed her-she was
acquitted. Mr. Stomph. in MARYLAND, shot
at the seducer of his wife and was tried for
an intent to kill-he was acquitted. Mr.
Bowyer, in Virginia, shot the setucer of his
daughter month after Leaning the fact,
ani was acquitted. Mr. Smith, in Philiadel-
phia, shot Bank President, who had Sc
duced Smiths wife before her marriage, anil
was acquitted. Mr.. Sherlock, in: Philadel-
lptia, accompanied the seducer Of his wife
from public room, shot him dead on the
street and was acquitted.-N Y Times.
| A SECRET. How do you do, Mrs. Biggs?"
slave you heard that story about Mrs.
Lundy ~
why, no; really Mrs. Gad-what is it,
do tell s'f
"Oh! promised not to tell for all the
world. No must never tell on't-rm
afraid it will get out" ii .r,y a-n.... ,..
"No, Ill rever open my mouth about it
never. Hope to die this minute"
i "Wcn, if you'll believe, Mrs Fuddy told
me last night, that Mrs. TUt told her that
her sisters husband was told by a person
who dreamedit, that Mrs. Troubles oldest
: daughter told Mrs. Niehens that her grand
:. mother heard by a letter, which she got
} from her sisters second husbands oldest
: brothers step-daughter, that it was reported
by the captain Of a clam boat just arrived
, from the Eeejee Islands, that the mcrmaids
about that section wore crinolines made out
of shark skins 20 af7