, 1879-03-15
A KENTUCKY JUDGE.

! INC ou'lRo Is shoFt-wnlatcd, b1oaa.shoul.
tlefed, fcdsfaccd gentleman, with black, curllnS
hnr. slightly tiurcd Will, gray, nn.l dark, plerc.
ittt,e non,a ~ rn, .,n,,nrins, .,..,.to., ,amor.
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r"r '""nf FenIS he Ihs bceh dhe Ni Tue sf''''inH
lights Of tho Kentucky rural 1'ar, and also me NJ
| tho ,no.t crnest acyru.un-n1avr,t IN rho Cop,,
mon vcnlth.
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,p,ro. "s =, - s "a' Tp""" % ""oec o. ',,e reeeu'
pctratcd In Drcatlltt County md other portions
| OF tho State1,, nskc,I fin rcnortcr.
.f)u,rn,c.,,, cyc,a,msd ,t,c .Jri,oe In n tono
=, ,,,,.'','.., .asa'nea t.'; """ss' !" .o''
| ar. III 'hc Commonwealth, that | mn awarc Of.
some OF our to0l1lo Ilayc hcet ndulEiny 1T allrir
ordinary an!usenlcns nf pistol AM. r'le practice,
s' and lev casu7Itles may havo resulted irn,n
received nn intclliCencc Of ou'ragcs.''
llnye there not hccn y number of men Killed
IN ianEy disputes ailu other broiis III Kentucky
rcccnt!yf'
bostva got to rny fer tic fun. Wc kenturls'ans
ara not orratizct! lll;c ynu people, nor laye VIC
| luz same tllefhpds oi entertainment. YOU hnyu
scns as rcaTatsn ' to S%r yor esrebr
| aehcu minds; nut wc're lucky II We geo circus
once year, ind n ncgro'!nlnstrc' t1uupo ms
| never pcen seen hut onro II. ny judicial dis
trclnely philosophical ycrso tlat was sung BY
one al those llntutorct tlnrkics at tIiat cutcr-
tulnmcni," continued tl'e Judge, "and II In
pressed nc % s9 clearly accounting Tor se tllt-
memorandum of 1t. 1t ran, think:
De Lord made dc cullud man,
''f A.: 1Ss iuiadt M II N n,su ss,fnsY ill., Whit.
But, ~ was rsmarklnr, onr nrnsisements arc
few, md we have been obliged to reAno tilrrl
down to A. c1ps,t use q !'searns, which arc Al.
ways hnll.sy, md Tor tlicir comprehension I'm
are plnyiul-We nro g'ddy, pcrhnus We love
plenty Of outdoor .c1crcse, Mul little pistol
practice occasionally; *it'.i II q man or two
Should iali liefc and thcre. once In while, YOU
must not think anyih!ng Of It. It's our wny,
you know-ouf way OF amusing ourselves; but
we don't lncan my hnrm-wn don't Indeed"
Renorter-1 hare beard, Judge, TINT you wcsc
Co,!nty, was killed b, Col. GashIetgh, OF Boyd,
Mt lhg oonble-'jross RacGtraclf
Jadee fcwtcTbangl!-ics, was there. II was
long time ago. Judge Ntclscrson was going
was. was eonE " with m Mn, IT to urgo g ela'm | Ind
egainss o tis State for ises: Gas.leiEl' was The
lappcngn,, to fall IN with us a. We were riding
along. We Ind u cross the Double Cross Race
trhek on our wny, md, us there was race an
hOunccd, wc concluded to stop and SEQ It. As
We wcre saunterirg about the 6aruynrd Of the
covered an old.fnshoHed faro layout IN pile Of
drlltwood which the landlord OF the tavern Ind
taken from tho rivert and, picking It up and
running his ego over It to sec that the cards
what do you any to having the old man II
meaning tho lansllosd-"opcn 'snap' FOR liz
on TINS layout1 Wy might be abls to skin him
out nf couple Of flyers"
"pil 70 you.n wns Judge Nickerson's quick
response, ''butI doubt whether old GaberIunzlp
will open for us.' We'll, we went, to see labc,
antl cards, mid would open ~ ut oneo il snap Of
SEQ on The old. abandoned laynut, which HI. m-
n1cdiaiely did, It was Tue Worst.look!us cnrsI-
board ever saw tn my life. 1t WIS spa,lc lay
ont, nna wna SO iaded TINT a1' inexperienced
halt.cuten blackberry, md tic King presented
the appearance Of snonarcl! that bud been sx-
was eft Il Tic Qacup was tlsat little rosey.posey
I gorgeous yellow belt, md IL ,losc Mnd mouth
thnI gave an unusually Sinister expression 10
my, nf the .rcealur player, d-n her." bitterly
exclaimed tile Judge, Violently angin!s Ills cx-
pirIng eiEar Into tho gutter. "She'll throw you
every tine you make 'uarleo upon her, mnrk
my worus," and was E[nd to SEQ hcr IN such
bad shane. 1t was tough layont for beginners.
but oll-timrrs like us had nj trouble In plaeIng
our bets upon The tab1c.-i'o, uot the slIEhtcst.
W. ~, Know Thero si.e eards wsre every time
tho game with wero not satisfactory, rs they
lad evidently been marked, 80 Judge Ntckcr-
sun, tn order tlsAt Our sport might proceed,
produced a .park OF passcboards from his sad
tlebngs, which were approved BY nl, md the
game commenced. We nll changed In four
dollars ubtcse, II MY memory serves me, a,nl
having won two dollars on the first thrcc
| turus I drew out, which action OF pr,st.cncu on
ny, pari, ] am satisfied, greatly exaspcratcd
t'uhcrlu'lzlc. Jugu N!ckersOn Ind hecu "siz-
ins upH to inc, nlld hal consequently lost two
tlollars. uild, following up ILLS bnd luck, lost his
iicxt two bets. lie had no" only few checks
rhs o"so nappenea M - m havo MS @ attento as
far n mnncnt ma f;nhnrtnnyto h"wi,,,< ,nndc a
! .turr' u md shawn n iosn- rarti tiint hnn n
| good mnny suots on It. Id demanded pay on
| tic ten. Tie dealer tusistcd that ,he
card turned was II ntne.spnt, and not a
ten, nnl showed him tic card. the niue
OF t!alonus, nut TIC Ju1Ec was hot, hllu
WQuH not pLllGSE nl0l, k1Hl, HfAHlfk his fEY0lt-