The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12

OF IL. and after had pointed out his mistake
In making tho handle OF the Ratchet twice Of
thick "a the tree, and In turning the mead 81
the Ratchet around. SO that George was cut
ting tho tree down with the hammer enc,
/ asked him why he foreshortsned Georges
leg SO ais to make 1t look hs II nis
other side OF tho river" did Mr: BARKER
take 1t kindly asked tho justice, wei, ~
locked II little guul-~ that's all. And thel'
uhen naked him why he put E'inf.-pig
up In tlhs tree and why ne painted lh"gu'1
pig with holliS, hc said thhl u WAS nor
guinea pig, but II COW, and that IL was not ~
ths tree. but IN tho background Then hMld
that. If hnd been painting George washing
ton. | should not have given MN tl1 com
plexton OF n snlnou-brCk should not have
II ven him two thumbs on each hnnd. ana
should Rave tried not to sue his right oys
around So TINT he could $3.50 around tho buck
of his he,d To his left ear. And Barker sihh.
ON wouldn't your Snrcnstic. your honor,
And suid, No, ! wouldn't and w"'llan
hnvs painted oak leaves on II cherry tree, hnd
and wouldn't have the speethtor IN o"npt MS
to whether the figure off Ivy tho woods WAS q
factory chimney, or ~ steamboat. or George
Westinghouse father taking smoke.
(Which was it :" asked the magistrate. ~
don't know. NobOiy will over Know. 30
Barker asked ms what I'd advise him to do.
And told him thought his best chance Wns
to abandon the Washington idea, mud TO fiK
tho thing up somehow to represent " m" Boy
who stood on the Turning Deck told him
hs might paint tho grass rcd To represent tle
flames md dallb over tho trees sos 1t would
look like the mast, and pun Georges foot to
this side Of tho river sos 1t would reSt
somewhere on the burning deck, una maybe
he might reconstruct that factory Chin
ney, or whatever II was. aud mako IT. tho
cnptain. while b. could ar,ange the guinea
pig to do for tho captains dog. Din
he agree p "IIe said tho idea didn't
strike him So then ! suggested he might
turn 1t into Cnu:sbns discovering America.
f,rf I. I'm hp
be- turned Into q native, and the Ratchet made
to answer for u flag, while the mountains IN
the background would answer for the rolling
pillows of the ocean. iIo said he'd 10 hanged
If 1t should. So ! mentioned TINT IT might
perhaps pnss for the execution OF Mary Queen
of Scots. Put George in black for the heads
man, bend over the trae ana put y 1r0ck % ~
for Mary lot the hhtchet stand, and work In
the guinea dig and tho factory chimney as
mourners Just ns | had got tho words out Of
my mouth, Barker knocked me clean through
the picture. My hetd tore out Washington's
near log, and my right foot carried away about
four miles of the river. We had II over ana
over on the floor for awhile. and finally Bark
or whipped. ] am going TO toke the law OF
him in the interests Of high art. So Barker
was bound over, md Mr.. Potts went down to
the once of the Spu to write up his eritietsm
The extent of liquor selling In England may
be- inferred from the fact TINT according 10 u
return which has just been published in com
piance with hu order Of tho House Of Com
mons the total number Of houses licensed for
the sale of liquors to be consumed on The
premises for The year 1877 in England nud
Wales was 1oo, $50, tho number Of houses With
six-day licenses, are 1929; tho number with
early closing licenses. 165, the number Of
licenses attached to which are marked both
aix-dny licenses and early closing licensees,
AL -mnsng n total Of 1856, the total mum
ber In 1879 was 1924, showing an excess Of
24g over tho previous year.