Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-24
BILL SIMPSONS LEGAL EXPERIENCE.

Many years ago the Legislature of Tennessee
passed an act to organize the county Of McNairy,
alias Snake At that time the country embraced
in the limits of Snake was occupied by steady set
of fbackwoodsmen, totally unacquainted with courts,
jails, etc. The county assembled at the appointed
site for the purpose of cutting logs, making boards,
etc., to build court house and Jail. The only
theme of conversation, when the men were assem-.
sembled, was the court, etc. None OF them had
ever seen a court in session, 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 on to give his ideas. lie
said he knew all about court-that he had law
suit in North Carolina. One Of his neighbor's S
hogs kept coming where he fed his hogs until 1t got
fat. One morning he got so d ID mad that he
shot the hog. He thought it would not do to throw
it away, so he cleaned and salted it. Shortly af
forwards his neighbor and man came to his house,
examined the smoke house, and took him to town
and put him in little office About three months
after that, this man came and took him up to
large room. A large man sat upon high bench
man was sitting at desk about dozen fine
dressed men sat in place that, was paed around
The man put me in pen just behind them.
He then called in twelve men, they took seats In
box in front 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 he and another one
of the fine dressed men had the biggest quarrel you
ever heard-I thought they would fight every min
ute, but they didn't 1t was Bill Simpson and the
hog, and the hog and Bill Simpson, and sometimes
quarreing, the big man talked while to the twelve
men, and then they went out and staid short time,
and came back and said something to the man at
the desk. The man on the bench said something
to the man that put me in Office and he took me
out and tied me tc a perSimmon tree and commenc-
ed fighting me with cowhide, and it made me SO
Id mad that shook all the persimmons off
the tree Winchester Home Journal
In A TIGHT PLAcE.-At T., on Sunday
evening fatigued by his long journey, WAGNER
and his son John, drove his team into good range,
and determined to pass the Sabbath enjoying a
season of worship with the good folks of the vii
lage. When the time for worship arrived, John
was set to watch the team, while the wagner went
in with the crowd The preacher had hardly an;
nounced his subject before the old man fell sound
asleep He sat against the partition in the centre
of the body slip; while just against him, separated
only by the very low partition, sat teshy lady,
who seemed all-absorhed in the sermon. She
struggled hard with her feelings, until unable to
control them any longer she burst out with loud
scream, and shouted at the top of her voice, rous
ing the old man, half awake, who thrust his arm
around her waist and cried out very soothingly:
'Wo, Nance wo Nance wo! Here John, cut
the belly-band, and loose the breeching quick, or
she'll tear everything to pieces!"
1t was all the work of a moment, but the sister
forgot to shout the preacher lost the thread Of his
discourse, and the meeting come prematurely to an
end, while deeply mortified, the old man skulked
away, determined not to 60 to meeting again until
he could manage to keep his senses by remaining
awake.-Euchdnqe