The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-12-12
Bill SIMPSONS Legal Experience.

stones and hard apples. It isn't 50 amusing
as it is in winter, somehow.
Bill Simpsons Legal Experience.
Many years ago the Legislature of Tenncs,
see passed an act to organise the county O
McNairy, alias Snake. At that time the
county embraced in tie limits Of Snake was
occupied BY sturdy set Of baekswoods- men,
totally unacquainted with courts, jails, etc
The county assembled at the appointed site
for the purpose Of cutting logs, making boards,
etc, to build courthouse and III. The
only theme OF daily conversation, when The
men were assembled, was the court, etc.
None Of them had ever seen a court in SEES
sion, as yet developed. Each one would give
what his idea was Of a court, etc
None. however, were entirely satisfactory,
until Bill Simpson was called 10 give his ideas
He said he knew all about a court that he
had lawsuit in North Carolina One Of his
neighbor's hogs kept coming when he fed his
until it got fat. One morning he get SO id
mad that be shot the hog He thought il
would not do to throw it away 50 he cleaned
and sailed IL Shortly after his neighbor and
man came 10 his house, examined the smoke
house, and took him TO town and put him in a
little Office. About three, months after that,
This man came and stook him up 70 a large
room. 4 large man sat upon high bench
man was sitting at a desk-abou. dozen fine
dressed men sat in q place that was paled
around. The man put me in pen just be-
hind them
He then called in Twelve men; they took
seats in box in lroat of the fine dressed men.
The man that was writing gave the twelve
men book and said something about Bill
Simpson and State. Then one Of the fine
men read something about Bill Simpson and
the hog, and lie and another of The fine
dressed men had The biggest quarrel you ever
heard. | thought they would fight every
minute, but they didn't. It was bin Simpson
and the hog, and the hog and Bill Simpson,
and sometimes Mr Simpson, but id seldom.
After they had quit quarreDg, the big man
talked while to The twelve men, and they
went out and staid short time, and came
back and said something to the man # H.
desk The man on th4-Lsrsotr sdld something
ia. tl.e -asg.n mat put me in Office, and he took
me out and tied me to persimmon and COM
menced lighting me VITA a cowhide, and it
made me SO id mad that | shook all the
persimmons Of the tree.
TIE RoMAYcE or a PEEREss.-The Count
ess Fortescue whose untmey death has
plunged he family in the deepest sorrow, will
obtain 4 place in some future edition Of the
@ Romance Of the Pccrage." About twenty
years ago the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Dawson was sought in marriage by two suit
ors-the one an exiied prince, heir to the for
tunes and traditions Of tie French Empire,
and the other the son and heir to an English
Earldom She gave Ter hand to the latter,
and at the time eYerY one said thatin a world
~ point Of view the young lady had made the
better match, leaving Out Of view altogether
the moral consideration that the prince was
in society somewhat Of a mauyaiS SUI
Jet, while the young viscount was one Of the
most amiable, rising philanthropic among oar
youthful nobility. The prince was very much
in love, and deeply chagrined at the lady's
preference for his rival.
A year after the lady became Tiscountess
Ebrington, he unsuccessful suitor became
prince president Of the French republic, and
i've years afterwards he was proclaimed En-
Deror Of the French The Viscountess Eb-
rinqton must have been more or less than
woman, if she had not sometimes thought Of
he brilliant destiny of her former sutton and
Of the imperial diadem which might have
graced her fair brow. About this time her
husband, in The Jealous and courageous dis
charge q his official duties visiting public
building, the inmates Of which were suffering
rom one Of The forms Of zymotic disease. He
taught the contaaion, was Frustrated BY fever,
md for many weeks lis life vas despaired.
He was nursed with all womanly devotion
~ the countess. but only emei ged from his /
lick room with the loss Of his eyesight For
months his eyes, borelt Of light their seeing
lad forgot !" and although time and The skin
# his physicians have BROUGHT some small al /
9GIatlon OF hs calamity taInt gIlmmer OF
Ight alone remains ana known by The green .
hade over ms eyes. Earl Fortescue IS scarce \