The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-02-02

A quick and ready wit is an almost in
dispensable endowment in good cross
examining counsel, but the quickest and
readiest sometimes finds his match.
"Oh, you say this gentleman was about
fifty five said Canning to pert young
woman in the witness-box, land suppose
now you consider yourself pretty good
Judge Of age, eli All, just go. Well,
now, how old would you take me to be 2"
Judging by your appearance, sir" replied
the witness, II should take you to be
about sixty. BY your question l should
suppose you were about sixteen" Wheth
or counsel had any more questions for this
lady is not recorded.
Now began another learned gentle
man, rising slowly from among his pro-
iessonal brethren, and looking very pro
found, now, are you prepared to swear
that this mare was three years old ?'-
"Swear ?" returned the stubleman in the
box, Eyes, IN swear she was" And
pray, sir, upon what authority are you
prepared to swear it 2" What authori-
ty 2" echoed the witness. Yes, sir, upon
what authority7 You are to give NE an
answer, and not repeat my question" u
don't see as a man can he expected to
answer question before he has had time
to turn it over" Nothing can be SIM
pier than the question put to you. Upon
what authority, | repeat, do you swear to
this animals age p ION very good
authority" "Then why this evasion p
Why not state it at once 2" . Well, if
you must have III" Must have it ~
interrupted the man of law, will have
it," Well, then, if you must and will
have it," said the ostler, with deliberate
gravity. II had it from the mares own
month";
A particularly witty reply was once
made by well-known English architect,
who had been giving an important opin-
ion, and whose professional status Mr..
was anxious to depreciate. You are
/" No, sir, | am not a builder; / am an
architect" "Ah, well, builder or archi-
tect, architect or builder, they are pretty
much the same, l suppose" u beg
your pardon, sir, 1 can't admit that;
consider them to be totally different."-
"Oh, indeed; perhaps you will state
wherein this great difference consists
An architect, sir, conceives the design,
prepares the plan, draws out the specifica.
tion-in short, supplies the mind. The
builder is merely the machine; the archi
tect the power that puts the machine to-
gether and sets it Il going" "Ob. very
well, Mr. Architect, that will do; II very
ingenious distinction without Il difference
Do you happen to know who was the
architect of the Tower OF Babel ~ There
was no architect, sir replied the witness
hence the confusion there"
THE LORDS PRAYEn.-Did you ever
think, short though it may be, how much
there is in it2 Oh, it is beautiful And
like diamond in the crown of queen, it
unitps thousand gems in one.
1t teaches all of us-eyery one of us--to
look on God as our parent" Our Father"
1t teaches us to raise our thoughts and
our desires above the earth" Who art in
Heaven"
1t tells US that we must reverence our
Heavenly Father" Hallowed be Thy
name"
1t breathes the saints rewards -" Thy
Kingdom come"
And submissive and obedient spirit
"Thy will be done on earth as it is in
Heaven"
Anu oepehueht, trus'ihR spirit riNe
us this day our daily bread"
And a forgiving spirit" Forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against u.s."
And cautious sprit-"Lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil"
And last of I'LL an adoring spirit" For
thine is the kingdom, and the power and
the glory for ever.-Amen."
49,
"A man was taking aim at a hawk that
was perched on u tree near his chicken
coop, when his little daughter exclaimed