Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-10

for assault and battery, and had drawn
somewhat prolix declaration, so that
the case appeared fully as bad on paper
as the witnesses for the plaintiff detailed
it upon the stand. In his argument Po-
land told the jury that his brother Saw
yer's declaration reminded him Of an in
cident in his own practice:
"Some years since" said Mr.. Poland,
al commenced a suit Of this character in
favor of my old friend Asa Barnard,
against the gallant Russell d. Hyde, who
had inflicted some unjust corporal pun
ishment upon Barnard for the trivial
ofense of telling him he was great liar.
Barnard asserted, and pretty conclusive
ly proved, that the Major had struck him
blow on the head with his heavy cane.
Barnard, finding my astute brother Saw
yer retained for the Major, was obliged
to come to me to obtain redress for this
rrong and injury. was young, and en-.
tered into my clients case with great en-
thusiasm. / framed declaration in ter,
counts, setting forth the beating, in all
the various forms, and with all the ver-
biage and Pathological nonsense could
command and in the last count I did
not forget to recite that Barnard's tifs Was
greatly despaired Of. Tread the declara-
tion to my client in voice full Of SYM
pathy-almost as affectingly as my
brother Sawyer read this to you, gentle
men; and upon looking at my old friend
I noticed the tears were coursing down
his furrowed cheeks in rivers. asked
him the cause of his great grief. He re-
piled, with choked and sobbing utter
ance, that he did not know it was half so
bad before
As the general impression prevailed,
in the case on trial, that the evidence did
not quite sustain Sawyer's declaration,
the jury, the Court, and all present were
convulsed with laughter, and many
thought that Sawyer, though reputed to
be a great wit, could not get the laugh
/ off for this time Sawyer had nearly con-
4 cluded his reply, which was somewhat
/ lengthy and quite forcible, without any
allusion to Polands witticism, and those
who had listened with great interest for
his heretofore never-failing repartee were
in despair. Suddenly, as if Poland's jeu
d'esprit had just occurred to him, hesaid: :
, Gentlemen, you all appeared to be
very much delighted when the learned
counsel on the other side related an Incl
dent of his own practice. I confess Twas
not amused. My old friend Barnard has
told me the story 50 many times, and in,
/ tones which had no affected emotion, as
sure you, that could not laugh with you,
gentlemen The story, as Barnard tells
it, has only this difference He says he
!. wept when Poland read him a very
|. lengthy paper; but the paper was moi
: his declaration, gentlemen, but his bill r
i This sally upset everything in court
I including the supposed imperturbable
! gravity Of Judge Royce, and no doub'
! largely enhanced the plaintiffs damages
|. none appearing toenjoy the joke bette
: than Poland himself Harper's Monthly
IS Mrs. WADE.-A correspondent Of thu
Philadelphia Press writes:
re cit is well known in Washington tina
Y, Mrs. Wade has not the least ambition tt
+ shine in the fashionable world; that sh
s has been heard to express her exceeding
of distaste for the formal reception it ha
e, been whispered by those who ought t
ht know, that she has the old-fashioned low
It, for the click of knitting needles and tn
lg nation may yet find out that the reaso
IS why Senator Wade has always stood 8
IS, firm for the right was because his fee
lie have been clad in stockings of domesti
Il. manufacture, for this is no more astonist
lg ing than, had Archimedes the slighte'
Id point on which to place his fulcrum b
IS might have moved the whole world.
For many years Mrs. Wade's nam
"a has been prominently identified with tn
in public charitable institutions at Wasl
lg, ington, as we'll as elsewhere. Says tt
a Secretary Of the Newsboys' Home: : :
of is her private benevolence that will loni
IN est be remembered, for it is yet to
nd known when worthy object was SCI
eh from her presence unrelieved.' Wht
Or. we remember her scholarly culture, b
raj extensive reading, and her acquaintan
re- with the best minds of the age, would
ION not almost seem that this second TRACED
this suicide instead of assassination at I
in White House, was the providential mea
an taken to purify the halls Of legislation
va, the very fountain head? !"
"as EVENING ENTERTAINMENTs.-Il
Wv Chicago Evening Post claims for sor
YOU young people of leading Chicago fan
lor. lies . the credit of having invented