Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-24

1PusrtLAxuoUsn-A DICTIONARY WANrIp
IN rm PRODUCE ExcuASeE.-An amusing
scene occurred during the session OF the Pro-
duce Exchange yesterday "A gain dealer took
occasion loosely to chArseterize Q sample Of
wheat In the hands Of another dealer, rs spu.
No. 1 should not attemptto use such Big words,
and ventured to wager four bits 70 ten cents
that Dealer No. I couh not correctly spell tho
word. The wager vasN accepted, and thepurse
Of sixty cents wa solemnly put in the hands OF
Dealer No. 8. A dozen anxious faees gathered
around the table, while Dealer No. !. pencil In
hand traced the letters as follows: P.uLs-il-l-a.n-
i.m-u-s, and ~triumphantly raked In the money.
A shade Of disappointment passed over the face
Of No. :, which was, however. changed to Joy
was incorrectly spelled-that, It should. have
been spelled With . &c" Another voice claimed
that Il should have but one ~" Bat the eagle
eye Of Dealer No. Q soon caught the omission In
the last syllable, and demanded his sixty cents,
| which, aher considerable dispute and withmu
regret was handed over.-Sdn Frdndseo Chron.
This reminds us o. tho old story Of VOL min
lers In Amador county, one OF whom bet the
other two ounces OF gold dust that he could no,
repeat the LoSd's Prayer. No. . replied, You
have lost. old fellow. Now just listen" and
Now i lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord,
etc.
Hold on" broke In No. 1, " take the money.
IN be banged, II I thought you could say IT.
The U-nion's comment on the above
reminds us Of a little incident that oc.
Cured in the office Of a Justice of the
Peace, at American Flat, a mile OF
two from Gold Hill, some years ago,
A case was seeking light and justice in
the Court, but the officer was notori'
ously an ignorant man In law. HI
simply knew nothing Of 1t, its forms,
its spirit, nor the ways Of conducting
a trial. But he was one Of the "smarI
Alexis" and in his own opinion, he
knew it all. A young but we'll read
and well-practiced lawyer from Gold
Hill, named Kellogg. appeared In
Court for the defense-the plaintiff ap
pearirg as attorney for himself. I'VE
believe there is an old Coke "saw ,
among lawyers that "a man who act;
as his own attorney, generally has {
fool for q client.'0 The case went OH
and OH the plaintiff resting his case,
the attorney for the defense made a mo
ton for a nonsuit, upon the ground
that no cause Of action had been shown
the motion vas proper, but overruled
by the Court. Several other legal mo
tiors were made, suci, as for postpone
ment, the defense being taken BY sur
p:i;e By new evidence, ETC.. ETC.,
bat everything was overruled. kellogg
ut last got out of patience with the
Court, and. "mad as a hornet" de-
livered himself as follows: ~ think
this id American Flat Court knows
about rs little about law rs any id
Court l ever saw. Why, You don't
know a Id thing, and you had better
sell out" CoMt-'F you don't stop
that kind Of talk I shall commit you
for contempt" Aaorney-"Commii
and be id III bet you. two twenty
dollar pieces right here that you don't
know enough of law to make out q
commitment" Just then the Court
asked Kellogg out to take a walk and
get a drink-leaylng both clients, wit.
nesses, jurors, and spectators, to. amuse
themselves in the Courtroom. When
the "Court" again assembled "her'
self" Kellogg had it all his own way,
and won the case by special charge
and instruction Of His Honor.