Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-21

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nulli-payable IN advance. 71:-.-~e
WHAT DID TIE, ,hlANfSAY.-Thos MAd are
10 the habit Of attending pohce sad of $o9fts'
must have. obSeyea the difficulty under which
lawyers and deeslaboE, sometimes III getting;
witnesses TO testify 10 legal form. Tha=foll low
ing, which took place in q Cincinnati COURT
an amusing and perfect example: a H@ pad
been caughtiu the AeAef;t theft, and pleaded 70
extenuation that be was drunk. ID
Court ito the policeman who :Wss ,WltnsssG
What did the man say when yon arred are dted
him? = Z: . ! r ": : -. & -
Witpess-He said be was drunk, ~: s!~ ~
- Court-I wantto know his precise words,
lust as ha uttered. theme, I Be: didEe use the,
prohodsn, he, did he? He d{dn't2 s.s The was
drink p = -, 80, !, .;
Witness-Oh yes; he did d-.hef said he was:
drunk he acknowledged the corn
Court (geHipg impatient at witness stus
pdiU)--you don't understand me at all. |
want the words Just, Is he, uttered thsm.
Didn't he say II wan -drn6k?"... l.: - .
Witness tdepfecatipgryl-Oh.no 20, your Hob
or he didn't say. you WAS drunk r wouldn't {
allow any one TO-. charge that upon you 10 my
presence. ..,. ~9i"s'.@ 49,
Prosecuting Attorney shaw you don t
comprehend me at all: His Honor means, did
not the prisoner say to you. II was drunk IL
Observation-Disclosures, he might hay 15
said YOU J7aad drunk :bus & aidh bear him.
Attorney for Prisoner-( pdlyl-Whatthe
Court desires is for you TO state the prisoner|s
exact words, preserving be precise icrm ott6e
pronoun he made use of. in reply. Mas it 10.
the first person |, the second person THOU,
or the third person HES SHE, or 1T. NOW
them sir, with severit,;;} didn't ~ client say,
II was drunk ?" -: ~ .-,, ,.5.nh
Wi,uess-( getting mad No, he didn't sa !
you was drunk either; bus.if he had, ,Efeckop
he wouldn't allied any. Do: you spose the
poor fellow charged the whole id court with
being drunk ?''.,e: .-.' :,.'@ ''' ",' 49,,
LoUDoUN COUNTY. The farm bsEougi6g I'd
the estate of the late Benz. Brown. and itGon44
tanning 1873 acres, was sold BY public gale od
Mosday last, for $50 per acre. Nix HaHiel
Shafer OF Leesburg-purchaser.., .tT9ti.:I
The ladies of AIdie held Fair last Friday
evening for the purpose OF raising funds 10 as-
list in the purchase of an Organ tor the Adie
Church, ito99 Wlsbr we are glad tnlearn : they
realized $50; :. .!..::lys2 =: al. ~ - |
Mr. Jas. S. Odsn, OF this county, egath erred
from bis meadow, one'dsy last week. d hIm-
Der Of timothy heads, many OF them ,neasne
ing l3 and 81 inches in'lengtE: ,:,:r cs,7.p
At a meeting ot the Common Council Of
Leesburgi on Monday night last, az order was
TO be made at once. The work will be PET
formed by Surveyor JAS. S.. Oden. :" ~
The Special Term of: the ::Chcult Court tor
this county, Judge Keith tssialGg was COM
menoed ob Monday! The loiy ie the. .Jnshua
Reed Will case was ,empanneled, but owing to
the absence Of some OF the counsel the hear-
ing OF The case Was continued until Tnesday.
The case of Allen vs. Wis., was set for Tufts
day.-Loudosns Miror.
"EMs" that;feur So much ID The Icah!9
eegrams and the a;Euyhpsan, var: long !oste
bra,ed as watering place, 'is! six miles from.
Cob}entz 10 the dnchy ,ot Nassau. and isH built
on both sides Of the little, river Lfhn: Slate;
hills Use almost perpendiousfey behind IT coy;
cred with vines trees and OF her vegetable pro-
ducts. Beautiful promenades are formed along
the line otthe Lahn, and the enHlEeDs 1ase at 4
tractive, Especially On the road to NassaH5 about
five miles from Ems. The view from the bigh-
est poiut of the: m Morsbutte B very picturesque.
Coins and otherremains' Of antiquity have been
found at Ems, rendering i, probable that: it
was known to the Romans Rho had a. great
liking for thermal spring ,srou nc. .whOhs they
formed military setHement ts and .aft tefwaros
cities. Ii is supposedithat the baths Of iEha
were designated by PlinY., Their use in m61i
ern times dates as 4af back as 1855" 1t was te
enjoy the waters of Ihis tpiaes Shst tthe Kibg
ct Prussia went there Hast lnbBth, and he was
there when thn existing difficulties began ;; GA
,.,.y. - LIZ q ~" 80 .r,
A CoNscIENT1ors BUsHwHAcK ERl:3 r. Au e44
bushwhacker at Stalt Lake citY has :sent taits;
former owner d gold watch, accom- panied7by
the following notei : ftt' Sir I7Hearing thae951
are Lying 10 Denyen oity, and having iittle'
article Of yours, send it,bg ,Sspt MergaR
which isIa gold watch | took from 'yosii in Jac9,
son county, Missouri, "a 1854 during the waN
have never forgot your wife g. tears sinceohsR, !,
and l always sWore ,afterwsrd 1T L.eouh hear
of you would, send you:'the' watch back, 4
hope yon will forgiven L have" seen d heap et
trouble since then, and | am now working hand,
and, with the" help of'G6d'I L hope to make 9
better man. Never mind me-, You dou't'
know me. and Sam be won't tel you 50 just;
take your watch and forgive ME. - Rocky
uontan Herald. .T:. s';'' -,:;.,; III
MAnERoReo Mn, Gaz ETTE: We es5iryj!
from the Prince Georgian Of last week, .she'
following ust and meried tribute to our neigh
bor, the Marlboro Gazette, 1.r .szz
On "Wednesday 4ast, 'ouf peigbb&I
Gazette, entered upon q new: vohpe.i 8s.
ed here in 1896, when neRspapsrs had not
become the necessity they now ars,,is rhasSen-:
]oyed success scarcely interior to- thas 0 II ahy
country paperiip the late, and for thirty five
years. has paid It's weekly visits to a" steAdily
increasing list Of patrons, without iptemuptio6;
We wish our neighbor all the congratulations
OF the occasion, and that it may attn be spared,
TO US tor many more years. and continue to do
battle in the glorious cause of civil AID rei
& vious liberty" 80. - - H"n : ., ., q