Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-31

ullnudIu tu me- ~ u ,WiuIlrr ABOUT
- times, The hrdcylld jury went
rut aud brought m u vcrdik agin
me for tiity cents, aud four dollars
Tor cost OF suit. huint saved nary
shuk on my plantation since, and |
don't intend 10 until il gifts less cX-
prnsivu look On this rs Il warn
Ing 10 all folks, never To go To law
about shuks, or any other small cir
cumstanCn,
The next trouble | had was with
icl!cr who | hired to dig me u
well, lie WIS to dig it tot twenty
dollars, and WIS to Jay him in
meat aud meal, and Sich ike The
vagabond kept gittm along until
he got all the pay, but hadn't dug
nary foot in the grown so ! made
out my akkount, aud sued him rs
tOllcrS to wit;
Old John Hanks 10 Bill Arp, DIR.
, To one well you didn't dig. s2O,
We'll. Hanks he hired cheap
lawyer who Nrd round extensively,
aud >cd n heap uf funny things NJ
my expense, and finally dismissed
my ease for what he called lis "rldi-
kuum ab>urdum," paid those
costs and went home saddcr and
II wiser man | pulicd down my
little cabin. and moved it SOM 800
wards higher to the spring, and I've
dwni nifty little well water since
| look upon this ease rs Il warnin
10 all folks. 0"rer 10 pay for dnythm9
mn yow'rc got il, e&peShiatty ut has
10 he dVg
The next law case | had | gain
ed it all by the force Of srkumstan-
ces. | bought mans note that
was given for the hire Of n Niger
boy. Dix. Findin he wouldcnt pay
me. sued MIN bcf ~ cd Squire
McGinnis, brleevin it was such Il
dead thing that the devil confident
keep me out of II vcrdik. The tci-
ler's attorney plead fl lure of con
Sidcration and non est .fak'"m, ig"iS
fatuis. and infancy. and that the nig.
GERS name wascnt nix. but RirLard.
The old squire was n powerful Sc
ccsh. and hated the Yankees amaz
in. So. after the lawyer had got
through his speech and finished mp
his readin trolna book called Green.
leaf | rose forward TO an attitood
-Stretchin forth my arm. SEES |
Squire McGinnis, | would ask sur
if this il time in the history OF
our affiil;tcd country when Fedora
law books should be admitted in q
Southern PATRIOTS court9 Haven,
we sec died for ever from their touI
domination Dent our far way,
over Fort Sump,c and what. sur
have we got to do with Northern
laws? On tho very first pare of
the q ntleman book | seed the
nume of the city of Bosting. Yes
sur. it was written in Bosting pub,
lish,d in Bostiua and sold in Bos.
tine where they don't know NO
more about the hire of niger
tLuu an OK knows the man that will
tan his hide" | sed some more
thiups tha, was pinted and patriot
TX and closed nv arpument by
handiu the book to the Squire He
mt ON his spcktaliles. and after
ookin at the book about n minet.
ses he,
Mr.. Arp, Won can have n iudr-
ment, and / hope that from hence.
forth and forever, no LAWYER will
persoom TO come before this honor.
able court with pisen documents to
prove his case. If he do. this court
will take it as a insult, and send
him to iail"
| look upon this case as a warnin
TO all folks who gamble in law, to
hold n good hand play it well.
High iesticc and patriotism are win
min trumps.
After this I had a difiikulty with
man by the name of Kohcn. and
| thot wou,dcnt 90 to law, but
would arbvtrate. had bought
Tom SwiIiins wheat at dollar
n busheI if he c0ul,Ieut do ann bet
ter. and if he could do better he was
to come back and are NE tie prefer-
ense. The s!,amp went OH and sold
the wheat to Kohen for a d liar and
five cents, and Kohen knowd all
about his contrakt with me.
Ne and him like to have fit. and
perhaps would if | hadent been pu-
ny; but We finally left it all to Josh
BiIIins to arbytrate. Old Josh dc.
liberated on the thing for three