The Hickman courier., 1868-05-16
ALittIe Nonsense.

of the disciples of Themis in the rural
districts of the Empire State often take
a lofty fight:
MAY it please the Court, said law
yer before Dutch justice, the other day,
this is case of the greatest import.
ance. While the American Eagle, whose
sleepless eye watches over the welfare of
this mighty Republic, and whose wings
extend from the Alleghanies to the rock =
chain of the West, was rejoicing in Liz
pride Of place
g Stop dare stop dare, say Vat
nothing to do nit the mild bird. 1t ish
Won sheep" exclaimed the Justice.
True, your honor, but my client has
rights here"
{" Ye client has no right to tho eagle"
OF course not, but the law of Lam
guage-"
"Yst cares l for de law Of de Ian
guage !? 1 understand de Sthate, md
dat ish enough vor me. Confne your
talk TO the case"
-. Well, then, my client. the ddfsnd-
ant in the case, is charged with stealing
a sheep, and"
Dat will do-dat will do. Your
client is charged NIT stealing a sheep
just nine shillin. De court will nd
journ to Bill Yergerson's to drink"
A Coon JoKE.-The Charleston O..
CO News says the following is said to
have occurred at Union Superior Court.
A colored gentleman on the jury is OBJ
jected to on the ground of incompcteHcy.
The following questions are propounded
by the counsel to Juror:
Sam are you a freebolder?' Yes,
sar." What do you mean by saying
you are freeholder?" means bein'
free and holdin' on, and so on" What
is verdict Sam?' L dun know, ear,
rs green bout desc things"
Here Gen. Canby's order was read,
from which it appeared he was copipe-
tent; so the man and brother was "cuss-
ed in and took his seat.
SOARING GRANNY-The terrible Ku
Klux Klan, of Tennessee, have fright
ened the soul of Granny Thomas. lie
has telcgraphed Gen. Grant for reinforce
ments, and Grant has ordered out the
Z. S. army. Here is a specimen Of the
way the Ku Klux operate
A negro in Maury county was scared
almost to death a few nights since when
a Ku Klux ghost halted him and taking
off his (the ghost's) skull, asked darkey
to hold it while he fixed his back bone.
Does pa kiss you because he loves
your inquired a snobby nose urchin of
his maternal ancestor.
- To be sure, sonny, why?'
I ha u. L
for he kissed her more than forty times
last Sunday when you were gone TO
meeting.
That was smart Democrat in that
back town in New Hampshire who hired
the Republican undertaken to 90 and
look after his dead wife, and then him
last moment, rode ten miles and voted,
carrying the town for his party by one
majority.
Pats idea of sympathy was good
one. He had long been trying to get
Bridget to give him parting kiss Final
ly, as last resort, he turned away, say
ing: Goodbye, Bidd. Sure and ye
haven't any sympathy for me at all,
at all ?'
Sympathy, is it? And what dye
name by that, Patrick p
"Come here, Biddy, and I'll be after
telling ye. When love We so that I'd
like to bite piece right out of your
swate cheek, and ye feels as if ye'd like
to have me do-that's sympathy, be
jabcrs ?"
All, Patrick you know my wake
ness Take piece but be sure and
lave it, so that ye can take it again when
ye come !"
Punch illustrates plump youngstcr
applying for the place of page, to whom
the mistress says: wish my servants
to have plenty, but / don't allow any
waste Page--"Oh, no, mum; for I'd
eat and drink till / busted, mum, rather
than waste anything, NUM-
" Can water run up hill ?" asked
nine -year-old Of his Pater- familias. "No,
my SON." was the reply But the Mis-
'issippi runs up hill, if my maps right"
persisted the youngster. All rivers
hat run toward the Equator must run
up hill, if the geography is right about
the shape of the earth" Papa sc-atch-
ed his head and concluded that bed time
for children had arrived.-Er.
We once saw school master bother
himself nightly in the vain endeavor To
explain the apparent absurdity. llo"
many school boys can do it?