Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-17
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How a Law Suit was Ended

Mr.. Popkins was . bachelor. | men
Tor the name-and sympathy for the
condition. He was well-to-do in the
world, if owning a fine farm and being
plaintiff in law suit is any criterion.
Aside from Mr.. Popkins' misfortune in
being bachelor, he had one fault-a
general aversion to female society and
a particular aversion TO Miss Sallie
Hopkins, the defendant in the above
named law suit.
Now, be it known, that though Miss
Sallie's name was put down on the Inst
ofO. Ms (Old Maids,) she was the
roundest, cosiest, dimpled-cheeked
spinster that ever lived in Lincoln.
She had the softest brown eyes with
trick of looking down and peeping I'M
der the lashes, perfectly bewildering,
and her hair waved and shone in the
sunlight in such manner that a sus-
ceptible man, like you and me, would
have felt an irresistible desire to nave
sole ownership of the nut brown
locks
Bat however fascinating Miss Sallie
was to the sex in general. as j have
said, between her and Mr.. Popkins
there was deadly feud. and the cause
of all the trouble was a meadow,
spreading far and wide and uncon-
scious between Miss Sallie's and Mr..
Popkin's farm.
Now, the truth of the matter was
this: The meadow justly longed TO
Mr.. Popkins, but instead of going to
Miss Sallie and frankly stating the
case he must serve process Of law.
Miss Sallie flew all to pieces, and de-
clared that she would maintain her
4 It's at any cost.
I am confident from the manner in
which the whole thing ended, that had
Mr.. Popkins gone to her himself, she
would have relinquished it gracefully.
but woman has mortal horror of
being forced to do anything. Tie a
thread around their necks, feed them
with sugar plums. and you can lead
them to the jumping of place :" 60 to
tuk thCm. anu III ODobtuaSNs tuCy
will beat Mark Twain's mule in the
Holy Land all to pieces.
When Miss Sallie met Mr.. Popkins
on the street her nose was decidedly
.'retrousse." and Mr.. Popkins looked
like an automaton Cardiff giant. The
neighbors were forced to take part in
this case, for when invitations were is
sued for the regular tea-parties, those
who invited Mr.. Popkins were COM
PEELED to omit Miss Sallie, and vice.
versa.
In the meantime the law suit ''drag-
ged its slow length along" from ses-
sion to session, from term to term, un-
til Popkins VS.. Hopkins was as familiar
as A, b, c. But fate had taken in
hand the destiny of these two obstinate
individuals, and soon brought matters
to a most satisfactory conclusion, al
though the unconscious mediator was
rather burlesque on the ''high TRACE.
dy" daily enacted.
There lived close to these belliger.
ents good natured old man, nearly as
deaf as a post. who had the creates,
faculty of laundering on unfortunate
facts of any individual known either il
ancient or modern history.
He never heard anything correctly
and it was an utter impossibility 10 tr,
and explain, you would certainly FIND
yourself fioundering about in a perfec
slough of despair.
Miss Sallie and Mr.. Popkins had re
ceived notice that their case wOult
come up for final hearing, in Harrow
on Tuesday of the next week. Mis-
SaIlie concluded to take the stage