The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-03-06
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Leap FEAR Lore


ing in some places that the 2sth and 2Qth
days of February are to be counted as one
day. The 29th appears like the others.
The sun rises and sets. men 60 to their
work, or this year, TO church, IS on other
days But the lay SAYS that for certain
purposes it shall not be counted It isa
stranger case of counting OUT than even
Maine exhibits.
Family dissensions over the proper
time to arise are praverbially difficult and
persistent; none have been more 50 than
the famous one between Sol and Terra.
In early history, in the days when men
spoke of the time BY Ides, Nones and
Kalends, these heads of the family had
already gotten the calendar into what
seemed hopeless confusion. Sol had for
ages made It point to get up precisely st
sunrise, strike light. build Q fire, and set
the days work generally agOing. Sum
rise, he said, was early enough. Nine.
Terra, smart, industrious, busy old lady
of the true New England type, was willing
to get the meals and have the house open
according to SOILS plan; but Washing-day
aud Spring cleaning she declared were
she pleased. She began trifle. earlier
every time, which led to confusion.
When the time for a first annual Spring
cleaning came around, she began work
before dawn, and. by the time four years
had passed. her Mondayss work was done
on Sunday. ! his was scandal THE
Emperor Julius Cesar inferfered. He
perceived that there was incompatibility
Of temper which was constitutional. But
this Is not ground of divorce among ce-
lestial bodies; and, If It were, these parties
we're too STRONGLY attached to serarafs
They did mot wish even 4 limited senara-
finn hus only IN have each their own
NOV about r;s;ng n tha rsornipo THO
Err, ,,aror dacraad that thev ehonld da g
thew pleased for four ve;.rs. and that then
Mofher Terra shn,,Id lie in he'd one .rhola
dav thns civinv aid Sol twenfv.faur
hoi,rs in which To oyerfake her. This
was 4 stroke Of eeriue. and would have
comnosed the Difficulty admiralty. If
Mother Terra would have been accomino-
DATING ononoh to take the ouadrennisI
nan three-n,,arters of an hour short Not
ebs Tha En, n.rar had sa;d she sbonld
sias,, as,, a,,d staas, q ,lsc si,s uso,,id
Tb,,ps :, st,,1t i effe vears IRE csiarasr
s.r,5 pm, fss,,s.. YiIr
as ,. -;sht Z. e;v;ng tbe oS IA. "a,
ssvss | yscation. and ordering har - shin
5ay bol;dav three times i,5 averv tf,1r
certrrias +, l7Tll Isfll and Iaff1. n affla
99oo ard o9f,fl and 20 on Meantime IN
fhe fbirteenfh centIIry. ENGLISH courts
i,ad haranoe npzzIed how fa eo,nt This
Cav ,vl;eh was n,f a dav and ;nor,iyesl
| ~ Parliament Answer was eives, Nv the
e3;ct ,,iavf1lIv desionated i, 'fle hooks Of
| ligbt raas,ino of which Iawvers are 81
| fond. as Statute 2l. Hen. iii. thus arhe
| Say ,ycraauing in IN. iean wear
III ths d.v naxf goi,,g haff,ra shnlt .I,a az.
c,,,,,taS fi,r ona dsv
fa,,t s,f th;s stainfa has oroyen : notion
which ;s now begin f,lr,s, TO 90 the rounds
annw tfaf tho 9sfb and eqsh are for str;sl
| iagaI n,rnoses Il, be eounted as one t,avs5
/ In Indiai,a. for example. the Judges have
aroued that. Al the statute was passed
/ long before the Revolution, it became a
part of the common law of the colonies,
| and of the States afferward. There was
i in one instance a Judgment rendered early
in leap year. The defendant had thirty
/ days for appealing. yet took his appeal
ON the thirfy-first day by ordinary count
ing. The Judges said that the appeal
was in season-the 2Sth and nsyfr *
one day The same thing has been ad-
Judged quite lately. an attorney had
sixty days tor filing bill q EXCEPTIONS
he fled his hll ~ the zixty-fIrst OF ordiA
nary days; the opponent objected. and
the Court said the bill was in time There
have been two instances where a note has
had, say, thirty days from some day in
February to rum. The banker counted
ordinary days, and made presentment of
the note according to such counting, and
served notice of protest. Courts decided
that thedemand and notice were aprema-
ture by one day; commercially February
never has but twenty-eight days. In
one of these decisions the judge naiyely
says: I'VE do not find IN the Law LIZ
, brary the statute referred TO, and hence
do not know its exact language II he
, had read the preamble. he would very
probably have agreed with the Supreme
! Court of Pennsylvania. They said that,
! so far as the antiquated English statute
was concerned, they would, in computing
i two. m that s.t6e l statute was passed Il, l 4
: barbarons aoe To produce unifornifp of
t;me ta mako ali Years connf 3lt5 lIays.
ana has No relation, 4, rom mutation vrhsrs
r,,ls az sf.tnta 4 ves cartain ,,1r,,her If
davs !,
Il Nav yo,l stafo ws bava sfatnta
that tha .wo davs shall he reekoned to-
,asber II 4 olscnrelv draftad and we'll
! sdantad to Owe an ;,,,nression tl,at. in de-
tarminiro wben 3 note falls line. the two
, are To he counted as one' Probably Il
Iii, ,,,ss,,s t,.at :, 8 raca,on;,.g vears ~
@ neaiss sna', - ~. 9os,. as, 3, S;srs
.,ar,;ad and bas nesh;ng ~ ID with the
} so,,nt;,s s6;,s,, ~ s;~ty ssdavsr n does
,,..s shrsss :, : ns, sss,it ove- tho general
! ,,ssct;ea * ea,,,,t,,, tha dars as two.
: Fae i.ns ir,,a vsls as bv Common sense as we'll
i as bv Law Il and o.eht la. 70 be uniformly
, -ec,o,,;zaa sbat :, s,,essin inc nf 4 ssvear
: 4 ~6sif-yasar,s scbaaiing, p 4 ssonsrter,s
! | rent y 4, fha ,ika nd account & 10 be
feEsn ~ tas,r,,arv 81. but i, telling of SO
/ .nanv adapsi;,f si,onld he eonnted like
t anv other In states whsre the question
nav ha ;n.,,orts, II Il Affected this year
nv The cir,.,, s that the 2eth fails on
!. Snndav and fherefore wouId not be-
counted IL Lossing davs Of grace. even
! ! II ID were not lean year.
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