Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-16
JERRY MOODY,S TESTIMONY.

Inc FOLLOWING, sent 10 us DY sOuCne[u
gentlemen, is brief report, not heretofore in
print, of law case which came up some
years ago in the circuit court Of Chesterfield,
Virginia. The judge, very good-natured
man, was rather favorite with the people.
His name was Clopton. The suit was for
slander, and had assumed the form Of cross
suit for the improper use of the unruly mem
Der. Counsel on each side was of the highest
standing. All Virginians will assent 10 this
when told that Samuel Taylor was for the
plaintiff and Benjamin Watkins Leigh for the
defendant. The court being opened and the
case being called, the judge said: .
"Mr. Taylor, are you ready in this case =
Mr.: Taylor replied, IF Jerry Moody is
here, I am ready
"Mr. Leigh, are you ready?"
"May it plesse your honor, l am ready if
Jerry Moody is here"
"Sherif, call jerry Moody"
The sheriff went to the door, and Justify
called thrice for Jerry Moody to come into
court. So Jerry, tall, thin, straight man,
came forward. The jury were sworn. Then
Jerry was sworn. In his solemn and forcible
manner Mr.. Taylor said to the witness:
"Be so good as to tell the Court and jury
all you know about this case"
Witness said, "Well, I have often heard
the defendant say that the plaintiff was a
rogue, thief, and liar; and have often
heard the plaintiff say that the defendant was
rogue, thief, and liar and they auere the
only times I ever heard either of them tell the
truth"
The counsel looked at each other. The
court was embarrassed. The parties were
confounded. Jerry Moody was the only man
quite self possessed. Of course the case was
thrown out of court. AS the parties and
witness were walking out of the courthouse,
the plaintiff said, "Cousin Jerry, you joked
too hard"
UP A TREE.
One night, recently, young Mullen, of New
Castle, who feared that the lady he loved was
entertaining an admirer, determined to climb
a tree in the yard, from which he could see into
the sitting.room in the second story where
the young woman was supposed to be. Just
as he got himself fixed in comfortable posi-
ton commanding the window, some one upon
the inside pulled the curtain down. Then
Mullen made up his mind to descend. 1t
was very dark, but just as he began to slide
down the trunk, Mullen heard dog barking
furiously beneath, and looking down, he saw
a huge animal capering about, apparently
very eager to nip Mr.. Mullen's legs. Then
Mullen suddenly climbed up the tree again,
and endeavored to drive the dog of, but the
more he spoke to the brute, the more it danced
around and barked. Then Mullen came down
as low as he dared, and tried to coax the ami
NAL, but this only made him hop about and
howl more furiously than ever. So it became
apparent that Mullen would have to spend
the night N the tree. He fixed himself as
comfortably as he could in crotch of the
limbs, and kicked his legs, and moved his
arms, to keep himself from freezing to death.
Several times, when he thought the dog was
asleep, he attempted to descend, but each time
the brute awoke, and began to caper about.
BY the time daylight arrived, Mullen was so
benumbed with cold that he could hardly use
his hands; but, as the sky grew brighter, he
leaned over to examine his prosecutor, and, to
his amazement, he found that it was his own
dog, which, unknown to him, had followed
him to the tree, and had barked and capered
only to express his delight at the prospect of
Mullen coming down and going home. The
suddenness with which Mullen reached the
ground is said to have been remarkable, and
the language used by him bad. He has some
of the rheumatism which he got on that night
in his bones yet.
AcKSowLEDGED THE CoRN.-A distin.
guished member of the Kentucky Legislature
is reported in the Louisville Commercial as
having candidly acknowledged the corn. y
Reappearing, after an absence from his seat
of three days, he said che had been sick.
"What has been the matter with your" he
vas asked. "Well, some folks call it nervous
chills; others pronounce it kind of affection
of the heart but, to be candid about it, !
call it plain case of old-fashioned drunk. D
EXCITED ScuoLARs.-The Peoria Reuieat
says that lady teacher in one of the public
schools was amazed the other day by seeing s
perfect forest ofjuvenile hands fly up in the
air, and shake and gesticulate with violen
agitation. What do you want?" queried thu
puzzled instructor. Chorus-"Yer hairs fal
ling off,
p@ "None knew him but to to trust him
nor named him but to dun" is the pathetic