Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-05-23
Justice in Detroit.
Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Yes, I've been over to view the ruin
Gus panorama remarked Bijah, as the
boys were talking about the Free Press
fire, Its a sad sight-sad sight
But the paper viii go right on said
one.
'I'm afraid se,' sighed the old man.
Yes, I suppose it wont be a week before
I have another fling at my feet, or be de-
nying that I was the first man in this
country who invented soothing syrup for
children and jugs with two handles on
'em.'
THE LOST BOY.
little carving here and there-a little
trimming up and cutting down-wOuld
have made a good-looking man of him.
He limped as he came out, and he drop
ped one shoulder and sidled along like
man who had contract to bring out a
dozen boils of uncommon size.
what ails YEP asked the Court as he
looked down upon him.
what ails me? Why, ache all over.
Ibelieye I've been mortally injured some
where
william Manning, there's wild look
in your eye, a terrific bang in your hair,
and mud enough on your back to make
brick! You were found drunk, sir, and
now, as the fierce grasp of outraged law
squeezes you close, how do you plead?'
Judge, plead that I'm lost boy. 1
left home yesterday and got lost. amt
half so old as look to be-I'm only a
boy. 1 spect my mother here every min
ute.'
The law, sir, applies to boys as well as
men. At one O'Clock in the morning,
when the low noon was making ready
to change to her first quarter and give us
some more good weather for transplant
ing horseradish, you were found on the
stairs of the Board of Trade building,
sleeping. like a behemoth. They had to
draw you down stairs, balance you on a
plank, and as you were being carried to
the station your regular breathing was
proof that nothing you cared if they let
you sleep in the cell where they were go
ing to put you.'
But didn't mean to, Judge-honest
Injun, didn't
'Ah! wild-eyed William Manning, you
can't come to our town and cucumber the
main stairs of our Board of Trade build
ing with your lifeless form and expect
to escape all punishment!'
tI'll never cucumber 'em again, Judge
not even if Pm offered ten shillings
This has been a great lesson to me, Judge.
I might live ten million years and yet /
wouldn't forget it. Say, Judge, L want
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of to make for the country!'
The Court regarded him with an awful
look, and the prisoner. continued:
FThe air here makes my head ache, and
1 want to get out where the breezes sweeI
over green hills and greener meadows
Come, Judge, don't mash my walking
+ prospects,
His honor pointed to the door.
Twas enough.
Mr.. manning didn 'twait for the pocke
comb and orange-peel which the police
took from his pockets the night before, tt
; prevent suicide, and when he turned the
first corner he was ten feet ahead of tn,
: grand yell set up by the boys.
THE NORTH POLE.
' Bijah brought out solid hunk of hu
, manity with face as expressionless as
! washboard, and feet covered with al
: sorts of clay, and left him at the des
f with the explanation:
e He's a Pole, and if he isn't the Nort1
i Pole, he's in the next fence corner to it.
d Son of down-trodden Poland, what
e your p asked his Honor.
\ He didn't say.
We'll, its all the same continued tn
e Court. 'Kosciusko fell, and so did you
p He fell upon the field of glory, and yo
J. fell upon the sidewalk. Understand
: He didn't say.
Pole, child of far-off country, 20
3 may be deaf and dumb, but Pm going I
= tell you it was mean trick in you
e empty your pockets for the sake of fl
?, ing your system with whfskey. 1 don
II doubt that you have a large family
70 home, and that they need every shillin
d of your wages. Don't you feel ashame
" all over?'
,e He didn't say.
t. HE don't cater TO our language e.
rt plaiped Bijah.
IN 'Then I'll cater to him = exclaimed tt
It. Court. Leaning forward until he coul
or almost put his finger on the prisoner
is nose, he continued:
It. Martyr to liberty, look me in the ey'
e. You don't seem to have any ear for o
d. musical language, hut I'm going to t.
Id you all the same that if you appear he
We again I'll have you put behind the ba
so quick that you won't have time to wi
en- off your feet! Now you travelr
Cd He went.
ies HIS LITTLE GARDEN.