Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-11-05

overcoat, and was then peremptorily ordered
to remove his vest, necktie, suspenders, boots
and stockings. The orders were all obeyed
at the pistols muzzle, held by the crier Of
the court-a convalescent invalid, six feet
two inches in his stockings, and weighed
about two hundred and sixty pounds.
At this stage of proceedings, two of the
iufy-whO had been playing cads for gallon
Of whisky-got into aquarrel, and one drove
his bowie knife, apparently up to the hilt in
the others body. The corpse was conveyed
from tie room as tfnconcernedly as if it had
been the body of defunct dog, and crier
screamed at the top of his voice, Go on
WITH THE CoURTr
Our college bred lawyer now became so
sickened, disgusted and frightened, that he
made up his mind to break for the door, and
save his own life by fight. With a bound
that would have done credit to the Ravels in
their palmiest days, he leaped over tanning
mill, eluded the grasp Of his client who had
now broken from the wheelbarrow, and by
the aid of the almost impenetrable darkness
succeeded in hiding himself in lumberyard
till near morning, when, stealing down to the
levee in his almost nude state, he ran on board
of small steamer and begged the clerk in
the name Of pity, God and humanity, to give
him passage down the river to some town
FIVE hundred miles from St. Paul. He would
give no explanation OF his half dressed con-
dition, but only begged to be secreted until
the boat was at least hundred miles down
the river. On comming out of the state room
the next moaning-when the boat was near
La CrOsse-he was informed by the smiling
clerk that there was bundle Of clothing and
trunk in the Office for him, placed on the
boat al ST. Paul, with his address, by lawyer
Spotless, man of fine character, but no edit
cation
"I thank him for my baggage, gasped the
student, turning pale at the recollection Of
the midnight scene in the barn, but the Min
nesota lawyers are worse than sayages. They'll
! gamble, smoke, drink rum, and murder, in the
court room, and cut the throat of an educat-
ed man with little compunction of consci-
ence as they'd stabbed a toad. I've heard it
said that ST. Paul was beautiful place It
may be in the daytime, but is anawful place
in the night. And if it is a healthy place for
invalids, It is an unhealthy place for lawyers
Pm an educated lawyer myself I've had
my first case in Minnesota, and thank God
/ its my last"
On arriving at La Crosse, he went to Brick
POmery' of the Democrat and tried to get
him to publish the story Of his St. Paul ex-
perience, but Brick Indignantly replied:
Cant do it, my boy Fraid 'taint true |
It's too funny for reality, and the Democrat
never deals in fctionP'
Being determined TO relate his experience,
however, he then hired hall. and advertised
a Lecture on Emigration: and after he had
received at the door enough to cover expen-
ses, the deputy Mayor stepped up and ex-
claimed:
Have you got licenes, for this ere show?
"This is not show, and have no license"
"Well, I want ten dollars, and don't care
a red whether you call it show or an exhi-
bition"
But. my dear friend--,
"Don't but me- sir! know what law is !!
I hold Office and you must pay or mizzle !"
And so he mizzled, and the last seen OF the
Jersey Lawyer, he was trying 10 get situa-
ton as a clerk in a millinery store in Chicago.