Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-05
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fSAN1lNd a SUIT
Calamities are gregarious and
come mostly IN flocks. No sooner
was Major White on bis feet again
than he was threatened with q leash
of law suits First came old Buff
who insisted that his partnership
with the Major had never beer lis.
solved; and demanded one half q!
the lead. He was soon quoted, how,
ever. "Never mention it to me again,
Buff" said the Major, pale with an.
ger, and touching the hilt Of his six.
shooter, never name partnership to
me again, you dishonest old rascal.
Five words more from you, would
tempt me to blow your brains out.
Look me in the eye, you brazen old
knave, and tell me how you dare at
tempt to practice this impudent ras.
cality upon me ?"
Old Bluffs eye quailed. He looked
upon the ground and commenced
stirring the dust with the toe of his
boot. At length he said, in a sub.
dued tone, that he wanted money.
"You shall have money!" quotI the
Major. "But if you have money OF
me, you must take it as q Gift and
not demand 1t as a right"
Smith and Hawkins, who the rea.
der will recollect. long since jumped
the diggings, set up a much more
formidable claim to the Majors dis.
covery; for they had been in peace.
able possession of the range running
east, ever since the grating of the
mineral hole; and had raised several
Thousand oftop mineral; though they
had never yet gone down into the
underbody OF ore.
They employed as their attorneys,
Messers. Shave d Still. estate your
case gentlemen" said Shave to his
clients; (for Shave did all the talking,
while Still held his tongue, and got
credit for keeping up a devil Of q
thinking.)
Bill Smith went on to state, that
he and his partner commenced dig
ging on the range on the 21st day of
October that then there was no dis
covery made on the ground-that
Buff and White had then pretended
to make discovery. but that in
point of fact, they had only grated
their mineral hole; that they, Smith
and Hawkins, had struck mineral the
very day Leech purchased OF Buff
and whitehall White had since
bought out Leech and Buff, and gone
ahead on the crevice east, and struck
it big
"One of you," quoth Shave, "must
sell out his interest to the other, and
come in as witness, if we proceed
for forcible entry and detainer."
Mr.. Still nodded assent.
"And," continued Shave, "you
must get old Buff and train him He
will be material witness.
Mr.. Still nodded appreciation.
eve must bring the suit-let me
see-where ,oiU we bring the sut !?
There is Esquire Green-he is right
and the next nearest Justice of the
Peace before whom the cause could
he removed is Esquire Gosling, and
he is right, too /; yes, we will COM
mence before Green. Now for the
jury. "There is" said Shave, count
ing his fingers, "there is Cringe, who
stands indicted for hog stealing, is
one Cotton, against whom we have
a judgement, makes two; Swallow,
who believes in all that Green says,
makes three; Shallow, who swears
that you are the deepest lawyer in
the Territory, makes four; Whimper,
the mani defended for Hogging his
wife, makes Eve; Dig, who don't
like any body should be too lucky,
makes six Nuckle, who believes in
makes seven; Hungry,
who never hangs jury, makes eight;
Wrede, who wants to do what the
majority thinks right, makes nine !;
Guzzle, who says he can see no sense
in requiring a jury to drink water on
ly, makes ten; and as for the balance,
it can be made up of ciphers. We
must carry out a load of loafers for
the talesmen.