Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Lawyers, as general thing" says
an exchange, "are good |iversr Yes,
ana there's one in ST. Louis who considers
himself good Dyer, as well.
Young Dr. Tying got ND in his New
York pulpit the other Sunday, and. as he
gave out hymn, took occasion to say !:
lou may omit the fourth verse. don't
believe its true"
Judge Peck, of the Court of Claims,
lne washington Star says, by reason of
ms advanced age aud feeble health, has
not been able to take his seat on the bench
ior three years. He does not live in
washington, but in Chicago. BY law he
can retire on full pay for the rest of his
NE. In consequence of his abserce there
nave been many cases where judgment
mas been given against the Government
py minority of the Court.
DR.. Newhall, the former President of
Delaware College, at Newark, Del, and
personal friend of Bishop Haven, was
very sick, and for some days he thought
himself immortal, and refused to take any
food. The Bishop visited him and tried
to prevail upon him TO take some nourish-
ment. No; do not want anything,n
said he. 81 am immortal. l am in
Heaven. This is Heaven" Then. paus-
ing for moment and looking at his visi-
tor with troubled air, he said: But.
Haven, how in the world did you get
here .'-Chieago Tribune.
The way of the transgessor is hard
Charles G. Fuller, President of the Chaplin
Paper Company of Norwich, Conn, just
arrested for $50, 900 forgery, hasn't had
very good time since he cleared out last
June. He says that he had but two dol
lars when he left, and he has since been
very destitute, and has spent much of his
time in tramping. He travelled about
Pennsylvania and Delaware, part OF the
time picking peaches at seventy-fve cents
a day, and part of the time doing odd
jobs as a carpenter. He met a man who
had held responsible position in South.
err State, but had been obliged TO flee to
escape punishment for fraud. They
formed regular partnership as tramps,
and each gave the other half of what he
had Fuller's partner, however, at last
betrayed him for the reward that had been
Offered. Fuller now says that he wants
10 hide his head in the State Prison as
soon as possible.-Erchdage.
While arguing a case before the
IHiteu SlaleS supreme IouTt III w asu-
ington recently, Mr.. Albert Pike made a
clever reply 10 an objection OF Atty Gen.
Pierrepont. The Attorney General had
questioned the evidence of one of Mr.
Pixies witnesses on the ground al the ex-
IRENE age of the man--seventy three years
and presumptiye failure of his faculties.
!" Well, your honors," said Mr.. pike, L
don't altogether like that myself, for ! am
sixtysix years old, and in a little while
shall be seventy, and even seventy, three,
and / am somewhat sensitive about old
men with no memories. | see on the
bench before me one justice hearing this
case who is sixty nine years old, another
who is seventy-two, and | would like TO
ask with what force the Attorney Generals
argument strikes them that man has no
memory at their ages" Mr.. Pierrepont
yielded the point. Curiously enough, the
client for whom Mr.. Pike was arguing
was Ex.Gov. Rector of Arkansas, with
whom he had once fought a duel.-N. Y.
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