, 1873-12-21
RTIHAT, Jn9TrCE.


natural that we uliould look to tho country for
truth mud honesty aul Justice in thoir virgin p,,-
rity, unauthorized by tho gross compounds
which nro mixed up with thon III tho cities. Tho
other evening. Mt tho English opora, plump,
couo1y, rot-ohoelsed damsol, nnl long, tnnlt
back aonts. oach munchiug spitzenborg US they
watched Azucena telling her direful
story Of fire and blood to AIanrico.
THIS was q truo typo Of rural simplicity
and honesty; and, whon 1t is considered in the
abstract, wherein 10y tho harm2 To cat apples
at the opera is only form not to oat applos Ia
only anotlor form. Tho only distinction Ia, tho
ono is positive form; the other. negative. Tho
ono Ia tho country form; tho other, the city form
Tho story, however, which wo aro about to re-
late, illustrators tue simplicity OF rural practice
still moro clearly, and shows how much more
easily aud simply tho Inv works when It Is freed
from tho uBeless yerbiago and Middlo-Age forms
and practicoB.
The place was Waupaca, Wis. and the time
WAS last Friday. 4 shoemaker, In fit Of oh
sont-mindednosa, sold pair Of shoes whicl, had
hoon loft with him for repairs. Therenpon tho
owner Of tho shoes sued tic careless Crispin for
their valuo. Tie shoe-ownors lawyor WAS Mon
agau, md tho Bhoomaker's lawyer was Morgan.
| Tho trial camo OIL. Tho shoemaker was
| on tho stand, but his answers did not suit
! Aronagan. Did ho go to taking exceptions
and appealing to the Court and making
out long list Of grievances, 90 that
| ho could frame q motion for appeal and
| keep tho shoemaker and shoe-owner III
hot water for mouths TO come, Ill Mr. scam-
| mon or any other city litigant, for instance.
would have done Not Ut all. Ho aottlcd tho
! matter IN three little worda,-carolcssly remark
| ing to tho shoemaker that ho waB d liar. The
| shoemaker thoreupon quietly referred tho re-
mark to his counsel, Morgan, for adyico. Nor
gan, instead of cumborng up tho case with
suits for ssander Or libel, acted for his clont I'M
mediate1y by knocking Monagan down and
pounding him q little. Now, observe tho i'm
partial manner in which Justice isadminiatorcd in
Waupaca. Tho Sheriff did not interfere, deciding
that ho Ind no Jurisdiction. Some Of the
jury wanted to interfere. but the rest would not
! lot them, declaring TINT they were not trying
! that caHe. After Morgan and Monagan were
satisfied, tho Court took offcial notice Of the
VI ct armis turn affairs had taken, by informing
| AIonagnu that it served him right, and ordered
| tho caso to proceed. At the close of tho caso,
I tho jury refused to deliver their verdict until
| their fees we're pnid, and, the money not being
forthcoming, the foreman walked off with the
verdict in hs pocket. Why shouldn't hop OF
course such proceeding would not do in
Chicago, for II juries refused to give Yerdicta
horo until they got their fees, wo should
mover have any verylicts. But in Waupaca,
where justice is administered on bnac prin-
ciples such proceeding was ominently correct,
Tho Waupaca jury was employed to procure 4
verdict, for which they we're to be paid in fees.
| They wero not Obliged to deliver tho article they
lad for sa!o unless the cash was Forthcoming,
md that foreman only vindicatod the inaliena-
bic right Of Mcum and Tuum when ho walkod
of with the verdict Tho noxt day after the
trnl Monagan mot the shoemaker on tic street.
Morgan, the shoomakcr's counsel, as ITO have
| said, Ind already given Monagan beating.
Monagan, therefore, Of course, owed somebody
| elso q beating It could not be Morgan,
because Morgan was not acting for himsolf, but
for tie ehoomnkor. The shoemaker was the
legitimate creditor, and, therefore, Morgan set
tied the debt by pounding the shoemaker.
Up to this point tho reader will observe thai
exaot Justice las been moted out without any
unnecessary legal routine or red tapo. and witt
out tue tedious delays which charaoterize the
practice ct low in tho cities. The basis was
simple, abstract justice without reference tt
| Coke, Blackstone, or Lyttoltou, or tue
practice Of lawyers In other States
In Waupaca. it iB immatorial what haf
boon done to defaulting Rhoemakcra olse-
where. And yet Justice is not wholly satia
fed. Tho Bhoe-owner hasn't got his shoes back
but re have no doubt that Waupaca will fui
some way Of getting tloul. and the shoemaker
owes somebody beating, although it il mol
clear to whom he owes 1t. Most probably
Waupaca will dccide it is the ownor Of tho sioos
who has made the shoemaker all this trouble
~ GolAt4pto %t44o tA1oA4u t!ctu4e u 1A4 JAst1Ct
in its virgin purity, 1t only remains for tht
Court to wlalo the foreman who walkei
or with tho yordlct, and tor the foreman to clea1
out tho County Treasurer for not paying for tAt
verdict. On tho whole, the Waupaca why Of do
ing things has it's virtues. It il simple. clemon
tary, and quick, md has no nonsense about 1t
Such q s,lit in Chicago would have lastcd 70
years. and before 1t camo to a termination woult
havo been 80 full OF declarations, aftldayta, 70
joludora. aurrobuttors, and auporsedeasos, tint III
Que could tell what it was about originally, O
whether thoro was ever pair OF shoes or shoe
maker IN 1t at all.
Ro'iablo and recent intelligence from Wyo
ming 1cayos no room to doubt that thorc vii
soon bo general Indian outbreak In tho north
eastern part Of tint Territory. Tho Arrapalloea
numbering 1900, and the Ohoyonpeu 5000. Inv