Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-21
WITH DUE DELIBERATE


In the future great city is a young
man who is supposed to be somewhat
anxious to find a you"g lady Of many
virtues and few wants, who will con-
sent to share with him the munilicent.
sum of $l5 per week, or thercabouts,
which represents the value attached
to his services by his employers. For
some time the aspiring young man
has been paying his distresses to a
young lady of the most estimablc char
acter and antecedonts, residing in an
aristocratic locality, and, strange to
relate. he has been received with fs-
vor.
Well, after about six montha of some
what arduous courtship, at u total
cash expense of 81, the young man
concluded that the momentous occa-
sion had arrived when he might fling
himself at the feet-they were not
large, she wore threes-of his adorable
and beseech her to be his wife, his own
forever and ever etc. The critical
moment arrived. The young man
propounded the question fraught with
such world ofjoy or with such uni
versal woe, according to the nature
OF the reply.
"Will you be mime forever? WV.
w-m-may hope-will you marry me ?"
he stammered out, never in all the
course of his life having propounded
a question 80 difficult to articulate.
"Oh, DEAR" said the girl, "what shall
l do? Please let me think about it.
l will give you my answer next Sun
day evening. can't answer now"
This was Wednesday night
$50 you take four days in which to
decide. do you?" asked the journalist,
all the assurance OF his guild returning
to bear him up in the emergency.
ooh, yes, four days." murmured the
girl. "It's only little while"
A happy thought struck the young
man. lie was much given to illustra.
ton by anecdote Why should he not
illustrate the present case? So he
said: Darling, you remind me of an
old Dutch judge down in one of the
Mohawk counties of New York"
GLOW In the name of goodness do
remind you of an old Dutch judge?"
inquired the astonished girl her gentle
brown eyes wide open with wonder.
-"Well," began the wretch, coolly, "a
good many years ago the Wings OF
Schenectady county, N. ", elected to
the Office of county Judge and surro-
gate an old Mohawk Dutch farmer,
who knew no more about law than a
street car mule knows about love.
The first case that came before the old
Judge was a suit for damages involved
in the opening of road through a
mans farm, and it was tried before
him without any jury. After he had
heard all the testimony and the argu-
ments of the attorneys, he elevated his
275 pounds of solemnity to perpcn-
dicular position, and made the follow.
ing speech:
"Shentlemens: hat listened to dur
teshdimony unit der arguments Won
der counsel nit o great teal ofbatience
unit much addenshun, unit haf become
profoundly IMPRESSED NIT der great
Importance of dot case. 1t is gas
vich involfs many nish points of juri-
prudence, and vich requires great
teal of elaboration. Derefore, in view
of der great inheritance of dot case,
and in order dot tue teliberashun may
pc opserfed py dis court, / shall dhake
four days in vich to tecite dot case
but shall eflentually find shudgmcnt
for der blaintiff!"
Somehow this beautiful illustration
did not seem to have happy effect
Then and there she told him that the
present case differed from the story OF
the Dutch judge in the important par
ticular that she would "effenshually
render ferdict for der defendant in
der gase."
The young man took the hint, and
has concluded not to 60 for the YER
dict Sunday evening. He is looking
for another opportunity to illustrate.