The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-05-06
Transient lettings.

cOlOred Judge, charged with theft: the case
was submitted to the jury uuder the following
charge: "Gemmen of Jury-Dis prisner YOU
are tryin is charged with the crime of stealiu'
Stealln Is the takin' and carryin' away of de
goods OF another. He must not only take EN-
but he must tote 'ern of. Dis prisner took
the goods, but before he got cut Of de store de
eYneE made him left 'em dar. If de store
Keeper wanted to make de prisnCr a thief he
should wait until dc -prisner had left de store
and tOted off de goods. You must find de
Prisner not guilty" The jury concurring in
the law as laid down by the Court, instantly
acquitted the accused.
jim SMITH AND JouF GREEN. after bav.
ing grand bout one night, concluded TO 70
home. Arriving at Smith 3 house, which thcy
knew by some popularity that even a drunken
man couldn't mistake, they commenced to
shout:
"Missus Sum-hic-mith! Ho, Hssus-
mithn
, What do you want, you drunken brutes?"
shouted Mrs. Smith from the window.
"Er yourn Miss Mith2" rrrs.
Eyes ], am. Who are you and what do YOU
want?"
'Ef yer Mrs. Sm-hio-ith, come ,ere and
pick out Missur Sniff, fur Joiner Green wants
ter go ONE"
- The intelligence Of the colored people is as
tonishing. lady called her colored servant.
Joe, and said: Joe, | want Won to 90 and
get me some shOe-strings. L want two pairs
the long round ones" Joe went and WAS.
gone all day, returning at mis- ht with n pair of
ordinary shoe-strlngs and IA large package
She asked him what was in the package
why, de pears OBJ course" She opened the
package and found two pears. Joe said be
had been all over town to find two '.lony
round pears, the kind the lady ordered
Efforts are being made to get Joe into the
military school mt West Point
GRACE GREENWOOD has recently, in her
Washington correspondence, revived the old
anecdote of the Senator who, after having
made grand, rhetorical and classical effort
received from a plain, practical me,Abcr the
reply: "Mr. Speaker, the honorable gentle
man has rosmed with Romulus soaked with
Socrates ripped with Euripides, and canted
with old Canthardes; but what has that to do
with the laws of Wisconsin," ..-..
Tie other night flock of wild geese he.
came bewildered at the light as they passed
over the town of New Bloomfield Pa, and
clroied around several times, flying so low
that the noise of their wings could be dis
tinctly heard. portion of the flock after
wards ''alighted in the hollow back of Viii
liam McKees. Ii ALcKee's baclis so hollow
as that he must DO as full-breasted as drum
major. ... ...... ...-...r /
a clergyman asked some children why do
we say in the Lords prayer who art in
Heaven since God is everywhege?" He saw
little drummer boy who looked as if he
could have an answer and turned to him for it
well, little soldier, what do you say2"
"Becanse it's headquarters"
In newspapers we have tho Golden Age, tho
Iron Age the Living Age and Philadelphia !
Age. IL was thought last week that the Saus
Age had been added to the list. when the
Three Links Wis announced at Providence. r.
J., but 1t proved to be newspaper devoted to
Odd Fellowship, ... '.-
'FELLow travellers. said chilled preacher, |
'of had been eatin dried apples Tor a week. /
and den took to drinkiu' fora mont. / couldn't |
feel moro sweled up dan am at dis mint |
wild pride and vanity at seein such full tend |
lnoe here dis eveuin'."
'JoHs can you tell me the difference be-
Iween attraction OF grayitation and pttnction /
n acohesion?" "Ycs. sir. attraction of
srayitaiion pulls drunken man to the ground; |
md the attraction of cohesion prevents his
getting up again. ..'.y
ADour RrGHr. --"Why don't me great men
VI France siirI Why do they remain notion
ess and cold while our country il ruinod!"
Isked an orator in Paris lately. "BeCatise
hey are cast IN bronze. Rnswefod voice in \
he gallery.
Liberal DICE. "A traveller, we arc told, bo.
M IN wild country where he eoildiind no
royisons for himself or his dog, cut off, tho
og's tml and boiled IL for his own supper, aud
ave the dog the bone.
A YOUNG lady went into music store and
sked the clerk II he had Loving Eyes" He
piled, I'm told 81 By Tho girls"