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WASuJNCTON

WASHINGTON MARKET. -
Messrs. Canton & Jannett, pro-
prietors of this new market
keep it well supplied with best
of beef, pork and mutton; they
also make superior sausage
which they sell at at reasonable
rates. Give them a trial.
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Uncle Sans Harness Oil put on to your
harness, will make the leather look new,
and keep it soft and pliable. Give it trial.
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Wesley Locals.
October 80, 1879.

Weather fine; farmers about
through gathering their crops
and are preparing to sow small
grain.
Friday last as Mr.. 10 Daagh-
trey and family were on Tier
road home from Brenhan,, a.
horses got frightened,
VIM. Voss', aud Runaway IL
ing Mr.. D. out leaving his w.
and daughter still in the hack
after going some distancclit up
set breaking Mrs. DIS arm and
nearly putting out one of Miss
DIS eyes. The hack was brok-
en- to peices.
On Saturday last Mr., r.
Brydson lost one of his twin
children, of cholera infantum.
Several from this settlement
attended Maj. PENIS camp
meeting and were highly de-
lighted. o.
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Carpets, Oil Cloths. Buggy
Covers, Rugs, largest sssorts
mcnt, latest patterns, very low
prices, just received at .
y w BIooMP.PGu & C1Ss
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Acting Secretary

New DRUGs.-Finklea & Raj
ston have opened an entire new
and fresh stock of drugs at the
Postoffice.
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The Monies" will arrive on
the II a. NJ. train tomorrow.
Call to see them. We will have
in a few days a nice line of
misses cloaks.
c. G. Couch.
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DRUGS, perfumerics and toilet
articles, all new, at Finklea &
Ralston's new drug store, at the
Postoffice.
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Hosiery and shoes, both ladies
and misses, in good styles and
very cheap. Just think, a good
serge shoe for 81 at Potters.
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Forty years trail has proved BLACK.
ORAUGHT" the best liver medicines ii
he world. Sold by 7. Tristram.
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Piano af Auotioni

viii sell, OIL Saturday, October ISL. a;
/: O'Clock, 10 the highest bidder. q snlen-
did secondhand Piano. Can be seen al
McFarland's Bookstore.
GEO. W. MOORE,
I . L L
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JUST ARRIVED.

Wagons and Produce.
One car load of Avery wagons
made by Avery Plow Company,
sold with their full guarantee;
can be seen at Aven & Ralston's
warehouse.
One car load each, fine ap-
pies, potatoes, onions, cabbage,
butter, cheese, -four, bacon, lard,
and syrup, low to the trade at
D. w. BLooMBARGt & Co.'S.
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October 18th, 1870.

Early yesterday morning
some of our people became
considerably excited at the re.
port that some freedmen had
left for Kansas with mortgaged
property and their debts I'M
paid. A warrant was issued by
J. J. Wyatt for one freedman,
charged with selling mortgaged
mules, and placed in the hands
of A. D. Gee, who started in
company deputy sheriff Lott to
follow. Just after crossing the
Brazos river they caught dis
turber of the peace and return
ed to this place and leaving
him in safe hands, started again;
at Navasota they caught anoth-
er, against whom there are sew
eral charges, and went on to
Milligan where they caught two
or three more and have just,re-
turned with the prisons and sew
eral mortgaged mules. 1t is in
deed a difficult matter to escape
from Gee. Lott is no better.
Kansas fever bad here and at
NavaSota. S.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES issued
by H. NJ. Lewis, county clerk,
for the week ending Oct. goth:
John Mcl.cn and Salinda Smith.
August Bischoff and Emilio Glase
Willie Randle and Fannie Jones.
William I.ebkowsky and Agnes Heine.
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Moth,r, when your dear baby suffers in
teething, use DIR. Winchell's Teething Syr-
up, it soothes the pain, regulates the bow
els, quickly cures collie, brings natural sleep
and is SO charming in all its effects, that if
you Use it once you will use it always. Sold
by J. Trisiram at only IS cents bottle.
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TO THE LADIES,

Go to D. w. Bloombargh &
Co.'S and examine their new
stock of fall and winter dress
goods, silks, serges,. bunting,
cashmeres, trimming and but
tons to match, just received all
the latest novelties, and prices
not to be complained of. They
have the largest and best selec-
ted stock in Brcnham.
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HAY, cut from the Houston
prairie, is being shipped to this
market
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The handsomest and best Sc
lected stock in fall and winter
goods for ladies and as well as
gentlemen. Go and examine
d. w. Bloombargh & Co.'S
stock.
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FOR SALE

Oats, Corn. Bran and Hay
for sale in quantity at ID. w.
Bloombargh & Co. 5 grocery de-
partment.
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Gentlemen wishing to learn
the Spanish language will please
call at the Central House.
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For pamphlet on Electric Treatment,
of chronic diseases with Electricity, which
will be sent free, address the Mcintosh
Electric Belt and Battery Co., I92 and 1874
Jackson street, Chicago, Ill.
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b. W. GRADER. Matchmaker and
Jeweweler. Brenham, Texas.
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BuReLARY.-On last Satur-
day night the dwelling of Mrs.
Ferguson Williams, colored, at
Camptown, was entered by a
thief, who got in through the
window. He broke open Mrs.
Williams trunk and took there
from sI4- She works for a fam
lily in town and was away from
home when the thief called.
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For every ache, pan and bruise on man
or beast, Uncle Sans Nerve and Bone Lin
iment is the Balm. Sold by !. Tnstram.
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Taylor Franklin, well known
wood haulcr, has sold out his
team, wagon etc. and on We'd
nesday set sail fer Kansas On n
prospecting tour.
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Peevish children have worms DR.. Jaque's
German Worm Cakes will destroy The
worms and make the children happy.
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CONTRACT LET.-The con-
tracts for grading the Santa Fe
from Brenham to Caldwell
have been let to Hurdy &
Roach. Mr.. J.W, Dallas, sur
veyor, and assistants left on
Monday evening for Burleson
county to survey and plat the
lands bought in that county by
the company.
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Cholera and yellow Fever are prevented
by using "BLAcK-DRAUGHT.- Sold
by ]. Tris,ram.
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ExoDUs.-The exodus move
meut is, it appears, yet alive.
Our Washington correspondent
reports exodusters from that
portion of the county and a
Meas dispatch announces the
departure of twenty-five from
Navasota. Let the good work
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You can get a good cloth or
leather shoe for the small sum
of one dollar at c. A. Potters,
north side of public square.
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If you want good styles of
dress goods cheap, go to c. a.
Potter, North side public square.
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Valises from Csc. to $3.50 can
be seen at A. M. WHITES.
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Query:-Why will people snffer with in
digestion when "BlACK-DRAUGHT"
will cure them. Sold by J. Tristram.
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a beautiful line of worsted
dress goods, in all colors at IL
I-2c. at a. M. WHITES.
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Found Mr.. c. C. w. Wei
bush. Of the Home nurseries, on
Friday evening, found in his
pear orchard, a..bay pony with
saddle bride and tie rope. The
saddle was reversed and
a pair of spurs buckled to
the throat latch. Pony has
name roa ched and tail shaved.
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Notice.

We have this day sold our en-
tire stock of burial cases, cask-
cts and undertakes goods to
Mr.. ]. F. Parks, and take great
pleasure in recommending him
to such of our friends and Gus
toners as may need anything in
the undertaking line.
REIcHARDr & CoRNITIUs.
Brennan, Oct. II, 1879.
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Clothing, clothing, clothing,
for gents, youths and boys
clothing, now larger, now bet
ter selected, now lower in price
than ever at D. w. Bloombargh
& Co.'S.
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OATS, CORN AND BRAN
Always on hand.
H. FISHER.
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Notice !

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Washington County.
WHEREAS, on the goth day of Sep
w tember, A. d. 1879, letters testa-
entary was granted by the Hon. County
Court of Washington county 10 K. P. Per-
kins, Joseph P. Jackson, John A. Jackson,
and Joseph A. Small, as Executors of the
Estate Of Julia A. Jackson, deceased.
Therefore, all persons holding claims
against the estate of Julia A. Jackson, de-
ceased, are hereby notified TO present the
same to said Executors, R. P. Perkins, Jo-
seph P. Jackson, John A. Jackson and Jo-
seph A. Small, who reside at, and whose
post-ofiice address is Chap3ell Hill, Texas,
within the time prescribed by law.
r. P. PERKINS,
JOSEPH P. JACKSON,
JOHN A. JACKSON,
JossPH A. SMALL,
Executors Estate Julia A. Jackson, decd.
October SYST, IS7o-w4w.
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NIII4LINERY.!
MRS. J. t. NORTON

Has received large and elegant assort-
ment OF Fall and Winter Millinery. Pattern
Bonnets and Hats. all the Novelties in
trimming. The notion department is quite
extensive, to which full line of Zephyrs
has been added. A competent Milliner
has charge Of the trimming Of hats, 50 that
orders can be filed promptly.
In calling the attention OF her numerous
patrons to the new stock, she takes this OPP
portunlty of rendering her grateful acknowl-
Judgements for the very liberal patronage
with which she has been favored in the
past, and earnestly solicits its continuance
in the future. oct4d&wsm
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Piano for Sale.

have stored with me a No.
1 second hand piano, which l
will sell at a great bargain. If
not disposed of by Nov. Ist, it
swyill be sold at Public Auction
to the highest bidder.
GEO. w. MOORE,
Music Dealer.
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Master's Meatinp.

1Aastok .
The masters OF the various oranges of
this county are requested 10 meet in Bren-
ham on the second Friday in November,
for the purpose Of electing delegates to the
State Convention, which meets at Austin in
January 1880. JOHN HALE,
W. NJ. Salem Grange.
Brennan, October SYST, 1879.
JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LINIMENT is one
Of the few really valuable patent medicines
which we always take pleasure in calling
attention to. 1t is both FOR internal and ex-
ternal use and is worth more 20 flmily
than a whole medicine chest.
IMPURE blood is the cause of more mis-
cry than any other source of disease, but
this fact is often overlooked. P rsons'
Purgative Pills will make new rich blood
and will change the blood in the entire sys-
TEN in three months, taken one a night.
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FRESH DRUGS! New goods !!
New store! Finklea & Ralston,
druggists, Postoffice.
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Georgians chew LACk-DRAUGHT
instead Of tobacco. Sold by ] Tristram.
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ESCULENTS.
BAGcJNG ANDTTE
UNiBER.

Bagging, double anchor, heavy, IsGI4
Ties, all kind, per bdl. ....... ,75(9
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BURTON LOCALS.

Chew Tackson's best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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Local Intelligence.

srr ad. of farm near Inde,
pendence to rent
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SIpEwALKs.-The sidewalks
in the business part of town are
very much out ofrepair and need
attention. The city officials
should see that property owners
put them in order.
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Weekly Cotton statemen'
Mr.. VIM. Thompson, furnishes
the BANNER with the following
o~,j- fnnJ;-~r

Freight to New York, all rail,
sI.Io per 100; freight to New
York, rail and water, o6c. per
100.
Weather report corrected by
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CorroN.- Receipts during
the past week have been quite
liberal and for several days
there was much activity in the
market. The tendency in the
principal markets was down
ward yesterday and the market
hers closed quiet quotations.
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Clothing!

Fsrsale by J rRIsrRAM. nrenham au Tex
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SIpEwALKs.-The sidewalk:
in the business part Of town ar,
very much out ofrepair and neet
attention. The city official:
should see that property owner.
put them IN order.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
by H. NJ. Lewis, county clerk
for the week ending Oct. goth
John McI.cn and Salinda Smith.
August Bischoff and Emile Glase.
Willie Randle and Fannie Jones.
William IJebkowsky and Agnes Heinc.
Forty years trail has proved BLACK.
{ 0RAUGHT" the best liver medicines ii
he world. Sold by ]. Tristram-
BRENNAN LAW ScHooL.-The
law department of Baylor Uni
versity, located in this city, was
opened several weeks ago
There are now six students from
abroad reading law. The school
gives every promise of being a
success.
FINE RIFLE. = Mr.. Angus,
Heinecke Of this city has just
received a very fine sporting ri
He, direlt from a celebrated
maker at Portland, Ne. It's a
perfect beauty and Mr.. Helm
eek takes great deligl,tio show
ing It to his friends and brother
sportsmen.
CoTToN.- Receipts during
the past week have been quite
liberal and for several days
there was much activity in the
market. The tendency in the
principal markets was down
ward yesterday and the market
hers closed quiet quotations.
Found Mr.. c. C. w. Wei
bush, Of the Home nurseries, on
Friday evening, found in his
pear orchard, a..bay pony with
saddle bride and tie rope. The
saddle was reversed and
a pair of spurs buckled to
the throat latch. Pony has
name roa ched and tail shaved.
The COTTON CAsE.-The ex-
animation of Jack Brown, the
negro who some weeks ago
sold Mr.. R Hoffman FIVE bales
of cotton by sample, was be-
gun before justice McClung
yesterday. Quite a number of
witnesses were examined. At
this writing the case is not con-
cluded.
CONTRACT LET.-The con-
tracts for grading the Santa Fe
from. Brennan to Caldwell
have been let to Hurdy &
Roach. Mr.. J. w. Dallas, sur
veyor, and assistants left on
Monday evening for Burleson
county to survey and plat the
lands bought in that county by
the company.
BURGLARY.-On last Satur-
day night the dwelling of Mrs.
Ferguson Williams, colored, at
Camptown, was entered by
thief, who got in through the
window. He broke open Mrs.
Williams trunk and took there
from sI4- She works for a fam
lily in town and was away from
home when the thiefcalled.
MORE OF 'EM.-In the county
court on Friday, John. Hugh
and Nelse Parker, Bill Mont
gomery, Jack Green and Henry
Fletcher, gay and festive color
ed gamblers were fined $40 and
costs each for gambling. Not
having the funds to pay their
bills they will work in the brick
yard. Court adjourned.
ARBITRATION. in the matter
of the right of way for the San
ia Fe railroad, Col. R. R. Law
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19
English Lotteries.

The earliest English lottery on record
is that of the year 1863, when 10000
chances were sold at 10 shillings each,
the prizes being articles of plate, and
the profit used i'll the repair Of certain
harbors. The gambling spirit seems to
have developed greatly during the next
century; for early in the rcign of Queen
Anne it was found necessary to suppress
private lotteries as "public nuisances,"
description far better applicable I'm
more senses than one) to public lotter-
les. ain the early period of the history
of the national debt" SAYS writer de
Morgan, we believe), in the Penny Cyct0-
p9dia. at was usual to pay prizes in the
State lotteries in the form OF terminable
annuities. In 1894 loan of 81 600 900
was raised by the sale of lottery tickets
at so per ticket, the prizes i'll which
were funded at the rate of fourteen per
cent. for sixteen years certain. In l746
a loan of e3 100000 was raised on four
per cent. annuities, and a lottery Of So
600 tickets of so each; and in the fol-
lowing year 81 ,0O0, 900 was raised by the
sale of 100000 tickets, the prizes IN
which were funded in perpetual annui-
ties ut the rate of four per cent. per an
mum. Probably the last occasion on
which the taste for gambling was thus
made use of occurred in 1850, when
every subscriber of $1,000 towards a
loan Of El2,000, 900 at four per cent, re-
ceived u bonus of four lottery tickets,
the intrinsic value of each of which was
60" About this time the spirit of
gambling had been still more remark
ably developed than in Anne's reign
despite the laws pass ed to suppress pri-
vate lotteries. In IT'S an act was pass
ed by which every person keeping a
lottery office was obliged to take out a
yearly license costing $50. This meas
ure reduced the number OF such offices
from 400 to iifty-one. In France the
decentralization of the people, resulting
from the immortality of the government
in encouraging by lotteries the gamb-
ling spirit, was greater even than in
England.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19
One Of the Old Masfars

Yesterday we looked upon . pic,r,.
nom the hsnd OF one OF the Oldest snS "a seen,
complished of the old masters ), a i most &c.
OF Raphael and Angelo, HI. works ali lhe WORK
OF resemoiance, or mannerisn IL pom
LANGUAGE. They are figure pieces.ki - eehniCa
ppners' poets, peasants, paupers-avarss, pail0s
paman life has occupied the genius of phase d
r"aces and bowels alike have forn ~, w Pencil
Siound for his wonderful portraya,s me me back
mother" leaving as q legacy 10 no, III, ne dyin,
her new born babe, Is one of his M. 'ed one.
pieces" The name of this arts, 4. Psthe1C
Scarcely home In all this land tha, no. pises,,
OF ms pictures hanging in some of its no noI oos
visible to the stranger perhaps but ~ o2ms ID
as dtstnct as II painted bnt yestardav uIAm s!es
dreaded assistant to whom he often coma, az las 1
finishing OF his pictures-Death. fr Snaues the
prevent Disease from placing on. N ~ ttI Nollt
"shaeow pictures" in your home Won y, M iaial
the requisite precautions 10 prevent bis . AXE
AT the first signs of his approach. nisnce
lty, sleeplessness or habitual drowsi aeol.
appetite, impaired appetite, constipati"n 1913 Q!
pailor, cough, night sweats headache -, ullsGl-
measures tor relief should be proron, y. lsass :
The system should be clearsed ana styas tSSsl.
by Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical DiscoTss..1 tl.i
Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets, which are "etV an
edged to be the best Alternative. or Hoo NC VI
Ing, and cathartic remedies ever hefoys
nc. Besides they regulate the ytoIe So .as pta.
lMpart to IL healthial. vigorous tone, =
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19

that ball. 1t is always just beyond his
reach, and IN moment of weakness he
drops on his vest and commences to
work himself under the sofa by a series
of acrobatic feats that would have won
him an encore on the stage. He is so
intent upon the recovery of the ball
that he quite forgets his appearance,
until he is reminded by suppressed
litter from one Of the ladies. Then he
realizes the situation and commences to
back out
OF course his coat is worked up over
his head, and as he feels cold streak
creep up his back he pronounces a
benediction on the man who invented
an open.back shirt. He is also pain
fully conscious that about two inches of
red flannel drawers are visible between
the tops Of his boots and the bOttom OF
his pants. This has the effect of pro-
ducng more internal profanity and still
more violent struggles to back out,
during which one snspender breaks and
his colar-button comes out When he
finally delivers himself and stands UP
in the middle of the room, you would
not recognize in that red-faced, wild
eyed man, standing there holding his
clothes together with one hand and
trying to smooth down his hair with the
other, the smiling, genteel ladies' man
who stopped down to pick up that ball
Of zephyr a moment before.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19
A Source of Much Bodily EVIL.

II the habit of body becomes irregular, much
evil is inflicted on the system. The stomach be
comes dyspeptic, bilious symptoms develop them
seves, the circulation Is contaminated and the
nerves share in the general disorder. 1t is of the
utmost Importance that the bowels should be
thoroughly and speedily regulated when they
grow dereict. The corrective agent best adapted
to this purpose is Hostetter's stomach Bitters, a
wholesome, non-griping vegetable laxative, worth
all tn. raspimg cathartics invented since the
time of Paracelsus. People who have been IT
the habit of using blue pill, calomel and other
drugs aud cheap nostrums for constipation, should
abandon such hurtful and useless medicines, and
substitute for them this pleasant and gentle
apericnt, which not only produces the purgatlve
effect naturally, but also strengthens while II
Regulates the bowels, stomach and liver 1t more.
over cures and prevents Intermittent and remit
tent feyers, govt, rheumatism, debility and URN
ary troubles,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19
His First and Last Case.
Ell Perkins in New York san.


studied law once in the Washington
law school. In fact, was admitted to
the bar. | shall never forget my first
case. Neither will my client. | was
called upon to defend young man for
passing counterfeit money. | knew the
young man was innocent, because |
gave him the money TO pass. Well,
there was hard feeling against the
young man in the county, and | pleaded
for change of venue. | made great
plea for it. | can remember, even
now, how fine it was. 1t was filled with
choice rhetoric and passionate oratory.
l quoted Kent, and Blackstone, and Lit
Teton, and cited precedent after prece-
dent from the digest of state reports. |
wound up with a tremendous argument,
amid the applause of all the younger
members of the bar. Then, sanguine
of the success, stood and awaited the
judges decision. 1t soon came. The
Judge looked me full in the face and
said:
"Your arguments good, Mr. Perkins,
very good, and Eve been deeply inter-
esUed in 1t; and when case comes W
that your argument fits | shall give
your remarks all the consideration that
they merit. Sit down ~
This is why | gave up the law and re-
sorted to writing for the newspapers.