The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-11-22
a Larger Pssf not Poet Laureate


Who is willing to argue himself un'
known by admitting that he does mol
know, personally, or by reputation
Hon. Joseph =. Hays, ATTY. At Law
aud Solicitor in Chancery, Of james
town, Kentucky Mr.. Hays is all
sorts of a man. BY which we mean
40 say, he knows more than little oI
many things, aud, Of course, IL not tC
be considered "Jack at all trades,
if the usual sequence, Good at moth
ing" is to be affixed 10 the description.
The dry maxims Of law have not fur
nished his only mental food, for he
has occasionally sought the trough.
ness" Of political fiddler to ahl diges'
iion. But man cannot live by bread
alone. No more can he vegetate on
law and politics. Mr.. Hays. know
ling tins, has often strayed into the
green pastures of poesy, and, on his
return. brought with him q Few sue.
culent herbs, the like unto which we
subjoin below. All poems and frag-
mentary verse. are read with greater
interest If we only know their history,
or the occasion Of their being written.
Wherefore, we give a little history Of
the metrical version Of Judgment at
law by the Bard of Russell. About
fifty years ago. a Mr.. Dibsell, of
Wayne county, sold and conveyed a
tract of land, his wife failing to unite
in the deed FOR the purpose OF relin-
gushing dover. After the lapse Of
time, futile and others became the
owners OF the land. The old gentle
man died. His wife survived, and
employed Turk Richardson, Esq, an
attorney at law to file her suit against
the parties in possession for the recov-
cry Of dover and rents. In his peti-
iion, Richardson described the land
generally, as the same mentioned in
the deposition Of W. MulIens, the
boundary Of which began at the big
road, running along the foot Of Bus
ter's hill, and included the land nov
occupied by II. G. McConoghy, de-
cease,l, and concluded with the aver.
ment that the widow Dibrell had been
IN peaceable aud adverse possession OF
the same for fiji, years, wherefore she
prayed recovery. Some little Court
house trouble grew ont Of these allie
cations. which Unprecedented counsel,
ON the opposite side, styled both indef-
mite and incongruous. Finally, Hays
stepped in to favor the widows rights,
and soon the wrong was made right
and the dark was made light" A lit-
tie hattered over his success, he pro-
posed to the Court that he would draft
the judgment in rhyme, il the Court
would permit it to be 80 recorded.
The Court consented, but on seeing
the manuscript Of the Judgment as
written, reneged, on the ground, not
well taken, us we think, that the exc
eution would have to follow the judg-
ment, and, as his Clerk. Ike Shep-
perd, was not even married man,
much less n poet, the Judgment could
not be enforced. But here Il is, per-
petuated by the INTERIOR JOURNAL,
il not BY the records of the Wayne
Circuit Court:
LuytNA DiBRELI. Prtn,
yonS w.TvrtlK others, Dcfts '
The parties Agrse In order 10 see.
Their rights In the case ahove stated.
To leave to the Court and abide his report
Their complaints in the Iapers related
Theu the Court took the case and Procee,led with
grace
10 render herein his opinion,
Tor the plaintiff he finds f,r hi, mind 20 incline-
To hyor righteous dominion.
~ the Court Il decides herein II prcsides,
That the plat ntid shall hercih recover
In dollars aud cents for her amsge and rents,
The sum OF two hundred not over.
Aloye the said sum which in dollars must come,
The plaintd to costs Is entitled,
which soon she may draw as provided by las,
To he taxed by the CLERK ~ enlightened
The sum aforesaid with interest must he paid,
Prom the 10Th day OF April not later
In the year Of our Lord In a christian record,
tine thousand eigh, hundred and eighty.
Now the ease being done without lrolic or fun,
frum the docket Is nov TO le stricken.
No more TO annoy, TO disturb or destroy,
The I'eage Of my friend Turk Richardson.