The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-03-13
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i There was jury trial IN Jssticc AL
ley, the other day, in which nearly
a dozen people living in THE western
suburbs were mixed up as plaintiffs,
defendants and witnesses. Ii appears
| that Mrs. Blank borrowed wash-tub
from Mrs. Brown, and while in possess
sion of the borrower COW knocked
the bottom out After a neighbor-
hood quarrel suit was brought to re-
cover the amount Mrs. Blank. there
upon put III as an offset that she had
nursed the plaintiff for three days and
received no pay.
'sNurse mer' echoed the defendant,
"why she did nothing while she was
there but hog down custard pie and
tattle about the neighbors."
| "Custard pie and who lent you the
sugar and eggs, and lard to make itl''
shrieked the other.
His Honor put his foot down and
patched up a temporary truce, and the
plaintiff took the stand to testify
about lending the tub and what ii was
worth. She established the valnc rat
seycnty-fiye cents, and here the defend
ant boiled over and exclaimed
"Scventy-fve cents Why, both
ears and the top hoop were of 1t
was the only tub she had had since
her marriage, and that was ten years
ago !"
"And I've had to lend 1t 10 YOU
every Tuesday all that time r. rctort-
ed the plaintiff.
His Honor secured silence In the
court and the defendant took the
stand and said that her services rs
nurse were worth at least $2.
g"Nvhat allied the plaintiff I" asked
the lawyer. 3@
"Wcll, | don't know as | ought to
say that her husband struck her with
n
"Don't you dare say that n inter-
rupted the plaintiff, eyou know that
fell down the ecllat stairs IL myshus-
band hit me ON the head with meal
platter, as yours did, l--p |
II objcctf' exclaimed both lawyers
In chorus.
$50 do wc!' added both females in
a breath, s.
His Honor pounded the desk until ,
everything ratified, and then a witness
was put on the stand to testify that
SHE saw the tnb when II was lent, and
again whe9it had been damaged. She
had scarcely got started, when the de-
fendant,' whose witness she was, called
out; 8ttA
eYou are not swearing as you
agreed to %
"Ah ha! ] make d note Of thatn
chuckled one of the lawyers.
"Your Honor ! object" added tho
other
"And ! wouldn't believe the witness
under oathp' put In the defendant.
"Who wants you TOP squeaked the
witness. ''If couldn't come into
court with anything better than 4 eal-
leo dress and ten-eent lace collar |
wouldn't held my nose SO high!'
"This is too Much--ten times too
much, and | want this courtroom
cleared right outl'' said his Honor,
and lie turned the crowd into the alloy.
Com LIaHT BREAD.--Take one
quart Of water, heat to boiling heat,
then stir in cornineal to make thin
mush, Take II from the fire, add one
gallon Of meal, 9 teacnp two-thirds
full Of new milk, one egg, and cold
water enough to make thin batter
(but not too thin). The hot mush
will make il about warm enough. aet
it where 1t will keep warm, and stir N
every half hour frequent stirring will
cause it to rise quicken. II viii rise
in from FIVE to seven hours. AS soon
as it rises, heat an oId-fashioned oven
and lid, grease the oven and bake
quick, but let II set and soak two
hours before taking it from the oven,
then lot it get cold through beforc
cutting it II will do without the
milk and egg, but they improve II. 1t
may be baked 10 q cooking-stove by
having deep pans and the stoyo hot
before it Is put in, but il il not ~
good as when baked in mi oven.
Mr.. 4. Hill, barkeeper Of the Rod
River steamboat Ashland, recently
committed suicide by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with q razor.
The Shreveport Times says s'the only
cause to which his suicide is assigucd,
Is insanity upon the subject Of
spiritualisnl. II was his hobby, his
constant theme. He seemed to think
Of nothing else and cared 10 talk Of
nothing else. "-St. Landry Democrat,
4 A Russian CousrEss BAEssHEp FOR
TATgLlse,-A London special says, on
authority Of 4 ST. Petersburg cores
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