The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-01-29
Prayer in court.

ICY III SOults
Judge h, relates tho follow.
ing incident as occurring in Tie course
of his practice
Gle was trying petty case, in
which one of the party was not able to
pay counsel fees, aud undertook to
plead his own cause but he found,
in the course Of the trial, that tho
keen and adroit attorney who man
aged tho case for the other party, was
too much for him in legal strategy,
evidently making the worst appear tho
better cause. The poor man, Mr..
A, was in state Of mind border
ing upon!dcspcration, when the OPP
posing counsel closed his plea, and
the case was about to be submitted to
tho justice for decision. J
"May itploasc your honor,' said
tho man, "may l pray ;"
"The judge was taken somewhat by
surprise, and could only suy that he
saw no objection. Whcroupon Mr..
A---wcnt down upon his knees, and
made fcrvent praycr,in which he laid
the merits Of the case before the Lord
in very clear and mothodical state.
mcnt of all the particulars, pleading
thai right and Justice might prevail.
go Lord thou knowcst that the
lawyer has misrcproscnted the facts,
and thou knowcst that il is SO and 50
to the end Of the chapter,
"Argumcnts which ho could not
present in logical array to tie under.
standing OF men lie had no difficulty in
addressing to the Lord, being evident
ly better vorsed in praying than pet
tifogging.
"Whcn he rose from his knees, Is
quirc W, the opposing counsel,
very much cxaspcrated by tho turn
the case had taken, said
"Mr. Justice, does not tho closing
argument belong to me %
"To which the judge replied:
"Iou can close with prayer if you
please 7"
"Esluirc W was in the habit
of praying at home, but not seeing the
|propricty of connecting his prayer
with his practice, wisely forcborc,
leaving poor A to win his case, as
he did, by this novel mode Of pre-
scnting it."-Ncw York. Christiuu Id
vCcdtG.
A MONKEY TEACHER. In my drink
ing days had friend who had n mon
key, which he valued q; high price.
We always took him out on our ches.
nut parties, lIo shook all our chrsnuts
Tor us, and when he could not shake
them oft, he wonl'l go to the very end of
tho limb and knocl; them off with his
fist One day we stopped at tavern
and drank freely. About n half n glass
of whiskcv was left, and Jack took tho
glass and drank it's contents lhc effects
Of which soon brought him into lnll
operation-skipping hopping and dane.
ing most cntertainingly. Jack was
drunk. Being six in number, it was
agreed that we should come to the tav-
crn next, and get Jack drunk again and
have sport all day. I called in tho
morning at my friends house, who went
after Jack. But instead of being as
usual on his box, he was not to be seen.
| We looked inside, and there he was
cronchcd up in a heap. Como out
here, said his master. Jack came ont
on three legs. applying his fore paw to
his head. Jack had tho headache. Ie
felt just rs felt many morning. Tie
was sick and couldn't 60. So wo put it
of thrcc days. We then mot, and
while drinking glass was provided for
Jack. But whcro was he? Sknlkine
behind Tic chairs. "Comc here. Jack,n
said hia master, "and drink" holding a
glass ous to him. Jack retreatcd and
as the door opened he slipped out arm
IN moment was on top Of tho house.
lis master went and called him down.
lie, however, refused to obey. Nv
friend got cowsiin and shook it at
him. which the monkey disregarded,.
and continued on tho ridgrpolc, still
obstinatcly disobedcnt. His master
got gun and pointed it at him, but
unsucccssully. Ho then got two guns,
and had one pointed on eacl, side OF the
house, when the monkey, soeing his bad
case. whipped upon the chimney, and
got down in ono Of the ffucs and held
on by his forcpaws. My friend kept
that monkey Twelve years afterwards,
but could never prevail on him to taato
another drop ofwhiskcy.--Littlc Gleun.
CT.
a "KNIGuTLY" WALKER.-nGr;ev,