The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-06

his own home as well as he could"
This young Laird of Saddell was tina
John Campbell, ESQ.,, of Saddell, VIII
was Esquire to the Knight of the Whit
Rose (Charles Lamb, Esq. at the fam
GUS Eglintoum Tournament. Primo
). Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was at thi
tournament, and had several bouts a
broadsword with Mr.. Lamb, who wa
step-brother to Lord Eglintoum. The,
were clad in heavy armor, the forme
without euisses or gives. Mr., Campbell
was unable to tilt at the tournament
having received an awkward splinte
wound in the arm when standing ,
thrust for practice. His accident was
thus referred to by Barham in his In
goidsby Legend, "The Cenotaph:"
60 Knights of st. John,
Or Knights of St Johns Wood, who once went OF
To the Castle OF Goode Lorde Eglintoune.
| Count, Fiddle-fumkin and Lord Fiddle-faddle
Sir Craven !" Sir Gael" and Sir Campbell o
Saddel" .I.-I \.
(whot as, as poor Hook said. when he heard OF thu
Was somehow knockd out of his family seat)
THE CoGE-MAKER's TRIAL
James, nan Gogan, the coge-maker, or,
as he was commonly called, James Cogie,
was native of Completion, Argyllshire,
and was, by trade, a cooper. He made
tolerable livelihood by making gogain
or coges, which were small wooden
dishes made up of slaves, and without
handles; for clay-ware was not much
used in those days. The dishes that
adorned the dresser and table were, usu-
ally, few pewter plates; but these were
reserved for the Sabbath and great oc-
casions, and the coges were in ordinary
use. Indeed, every child had its own
coge, and to hold its porridge, milk,
sowens, and every kind Of soft food; SO
that there was great demand for
gogain, and the coge-maker's was good
trade. 1t was proverb in Cantire, when
one was angry with another, that he
would "take stave out of his coge for
that" meaning thereby, that such an
one would be lessened of his enjoyments.
james Cogie wrought at histrade with
diligence, and would also, OCCASIONALLY, 20
to the North Highlands with one of the
many vessels that were engaged in the
herring-fshery. In this vessel he would
act as cooper, and he received very good
pay for making the herring tubs. Now,
James Cogie, whatever may have been
his virtue, was not 0verscrupulous in
his observance Of the eighth command
ment; for, whenever he saw q block of
wood that was suitable for his purposes,
be did not hesitate to endeavor to secure
1t. .t tusr
One day, being ashore in one of the
fishing lochs, he saw fine tree growing
near to a gentleman's mansion. The
wood of this tree was peculiarly suited
to the purposes of the coge-maker's trade,
and James conceived the idea Of cutting
down the tree, and making it his own
property. At nightfall he carried his
idea into practice, and, by the friendly
light of the moon, cut up the trunk Of
the tree into blocks, called "junks," and
hid them amongst the bushes, 90 that he
might be able to fetch them away one
by one, and carry them home with him
to Cambelton, and there convert them
into coges. m g..
, But the next day the gentleman
looked out from the windows Of his man
sion and missed his tree; and, when he
had called his servants, and they had
made careful search, they found the
junks Of wood concealed in the bushes.
Then the gentleman was greatly enraged,
and he declared he would have the per-
petrator of tho deed discovered and pun
ished by law. Now, the law at that time
was very severe; for it enacted that any
person who should be found guilty Of
cutting down tree without the liberty
and consent of the proprietor, should lose
his right hand by having it cut off at the
wrist. james Cogie had no desire to lose
his right hand; for if he did, it would
lose him the means of gaining a iveli-
hood. So, in considerable alarm, he be-
took himself to his herring-boat, and
there securely hid the one junk Of tim
Der that he had been able to carry of.
But the herring fishers had not ended
their business in the loch, and James
Cogie was forced to abide with them un-
til they sailed back home again to Camp
belton. And, in the meanwhile, the
gentleman, when be was unable to dis
cover the destroyer of his tree on the dry
land, caused a search to be made in the
various vessels that were in the loch. Be-
ing magistrate, he summoned the crews
before him and examined them one after
but could make nothing Of them,
until James Cogis's turn came. ~.
II sit here as judge" said the gen.
tleman, "and I put You upon your
oath" s1- ~ 4o1 'sa 7--t,s re'
Now, james Cogis had scruples of con-
science about giving false oath, but he
was very ingenious in a certain sort Of
way; SO he resolved to appear very awk-
ward, and not to understand the mean
ing Of what was said to him. So when
the Judge told him that he was upon his
oath, and that he must swear, he replied,
II never sware in my life" ieaa
"Say you as l say, and do as / dop' said
the Judge. y4ars3
"Do as do" echoed James. 3r
"Hold up your hand, mani" cried the
Judge.
&"Hold up your hand, mani" said
James, quite seriously. .... !,