Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-10
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OWEN, THE TAILOR many months
ago gentleman by the name OfOwen came
to Pittsburg, and hung out his sign as a
fashionable tailor-nOne Of the common |
cut and try kind, but professional COS
tumer-and as consequence every stylish .
young gent in the city must have SUIT |
made by the new taller. Among other Gus
toners was fancy looking gent whose !
brightly polished boots, close itting Kids /
and nobby hat denoted a fashionable, ii not |
an industrious, young man, and he, oi
course, must have a suit made by the FASH /
ionable tailor. The suit was made and ac-
cepted, but the young man asked as a par
ticular favor that he would give him credit
for few days, as his remittances from the
east were for some unaccOuntable reason
DELAYED, and, as the next day was Sunday,
and the tailor could hardly miss so good an
opportunity to have his work publicly ad-
vertised, he graciouSly consented to break
his rule cf mo trust for once, and the
clothes were carried away in triumph by
the stylish young man. Days came and
went, and weeks, and still the remittance
did not come, and at length the tailor made
bold 10 call on his stylish customer at his
hotel. He found him tipped back in his
chair, putting away at fragrant Havana,
and greeted him with smile meant 10 be
very cordial and insinuating, but to his
tuitb n ct n ST
ishment. Why, don't you know me;
am Owen, the tailor. indeed, are you, old
fellow 2: said his stylish customer, scizing
his hand are you I? well, good for you !
glad to meet you so am love an old
chap down here for these very rags I've got
on Yes, and that's just what L mean.
am Owen, the fashionable tailor so
you said. How did you manage, old chap?
l Just showed my check Oh an old spoony
who thinks he is sharp, but l laid him out,
you bet 2 But, sir, don't you know me,
am Owen, the fashionable tailor, and you
ought to know any man who can get
ahead of a fashionable tailor; give us yer
hand again, old fellow, give us yer hand
Completely Gumbfounded by the cool i'm
pudence of his cheeky debtor, the tailor
gave up the case as hopeless, accepted
proflered cigar from his cheeky creditor,
and retired, and so there are two persons
in town who claim TO b. Owen, the tall
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THE COURTS MoTHER-IN-LAw. -
Amelia Donnerschlog, a young German
lady, brought suit before Justic Banyon of
Chicago, one day last week, against August
Bchrens, for breach of promise, claiming
$500. She would have sued for more, but
$500 is the limit of the jurisdiction Of
justice. The complainant stated that she
had known the defendant in Germany, and
had become engaged to him there. He had
emigrated 20 this country in order to earn
4 home, and she had followed him in the
course of year. The young man admitted
the engagement anu added:
When this young lady came over from
Germany she did ask me TO marry her,
and L was ready to, anG l told her [ was.
But she said that her mother must live
with US and keep house for us. | told her
/ had watched the ways Of her mother, and
that / was not pleased with them; that l
loved her very deeply, and was ready to
marry her, but did not wish to marry her
mother also who was a woman of lordly
and unpleasant habits, and insisted upon
fnolinr mo fon ,,,Y,cb or, hbor,o n
bic l have always had a dislike for. i am
ready, your honor, TO marry her now, pro-
viding that she will leave her mother out
in the cold but I will not marry the old
woman. have made up my mind to that,
no matter what comes.
The justice asked Behrens which he
would rather do, pay down $500 or marry
the young lady and have her mother live
with them and Behrens answered firmly,
81 viii pay the $780, And then, if we
may believe an account in the Chicago
Tribune, Justice Banyon was delivered of
this remarkable language:
ALLOW me TO shake hands with you; |
envy your firmness. There was period
in the life of this court, Mr. Behrens, when
it was placed in circumstances somewhat
similar to your own. If it had had the
moral courage which you possess, ii would
have been saved about twenty-five years
of unhappiness. The alternative was pre-
sented to this court whether it would marry
a young lady and her mother or whether i:
would pay Sl2j in gold. The court was
poor at that time. 1t was earning an un-
satisfactory living at the restaurant bust
ness. 1t yielded. 1t took the young woman
and the mother-in-law and kept the S125.
For quarter of Il century this court re-
gretted its hasty action. 1t is glad to meet
a man who cherishes happiness more than
he does money. The order Of the court is
that the defendant stand discharged, and
that the complainant, who has been trying
to bring man into slavery TO a mother-in-
law, be fined ten dollars and COSTS
WHEN you have interfered in family
fight, and been knocked down stairs by the
brutal husband, and had kettle Of hot wa
ter poured on your by the ill-treated wife,
console yourself with the reflection that the
memory Of noble and useful acts wrought
in early youth is like the coral islands
green and sunny amidst the melancholy
ocean. After it has happened to you
several times you will decide that you have
laid up memories enough of that sort-and
will never interfere between man and wife.
THE first prize Of the best choundrum
was awarded TO a printer at the conclusion
Of an entertainment. 1t was this "Why
was the Shah Of Persia during his visit to
England the best card playerin the world ?
Because the swels gave up their clubs, the
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