The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-04
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i sat .t'i 81 luRS---rr--i i-entsS 'sdi al oaGl.I
,!nt lFronl the LITTLE Esoek tSAaotAeIli .ipiri
h Yesterday asf. old naan 6sshsrstlfRrlitt!ib
tie Rock store, 0ndn tn ( Ing ifrpin his1o
pocket, an old bmiksl<ins Il posach,t hes
emptied two coins Dn the <.oantoty anGtsl
then, after regarding the siltdrdor AZ
few moments, said: .iir,S ialin 9dr
T. Sinister, l want to buy so,negeotas toaa
lnakeR dress.'d~ a ~ au!ilind u strn1s al
| 'Thati money is tsntttilatctl ,sold gett-,lt
tle.nan. This twentN-five cent piocein
has. nOtchesi filed lin il, and this lthty1h
cent piece has been pa,nehetl.A " tAl see,
.iheKt been abused. III ass Z tskcad
theD.R.. rsll hlG ti1no'b ypir,r. rstiT !
u "4Absased, II said the old gsntieuiasi. in
aud het took up tho tttv..n
cent piece and looked at-it ts::sstriyson
I".And you won't take it on nccounttGfsa
the, holes. Heaven gr,,h that III cdisf
not have to offer 1t to you ~ Nieslrs egbs9l
when my first child was u litttt Eirh 1bAf
punched n holein this Col n nnd stllinG1i
1t around her necks 1t NwRs hor c6niIa
stant plaything.i '4AtinigtTt<aNhen she,
weut to bed we'd ,talsarl IT, of, iSut t'mriyr,r
ut naorseing she wonhl c,.h ioh l,er NatSlt.Iii
w l.en IOnr John.--youn didhste lSnbwon
j John, did iyou2 o|uNVeHI he lssai'''
to oosaa to- town n uooa' deafsP Srtt.
~ "Where is ae now ?" nsked the mcr-tIi
! chant, not knowing what to say, hate
desiring to show appreciation Of tile oldh
I man's story. ~ SAINT cusdt tp tia ont
Gle was killed in the war.Jll say
that when j ohm was n little boy l strung tr
this quarter around his nccls Onetlaysil 4
his watch got out of fix, he said, and "a
he filed these notchcs in 1t. He and IBIS j
sister Mary--that was tho girls name
used to- play In the yard and coni-s1 z
pare their watches to soc if they were u
| right. Sometimes John Woultln' . like
| IT, hccnnSts MnrV'S V-ut6shj hfOvav D
than his, but She would explain tl,at ~
she wns bigger than him ana ought to -
have bigger watch. Tho children !
grew up, but as they had always lived
in the woods they were not ashamed to
wear their watches. When n youn,.
man came to see Mary once she forget NJ
fully looked at her Rfty cents. 'Wnat 1r
are you doing" asked the young man.!
and when she told him she was look
ing at her watch, he took il tts q hint ui
and went home. After this she did not -
wear her watch in company. Wei, ~
| Mary and the young man married. lf
John went OFF in the army ana gotioi
killed. Nlary's husband died, and about 81
two years ago Mary was taken sick. 0,
| When her mother and I reached her be-
house she was dying. Calling me to
her bed, she said Papa, lean over"
7 leaned over, and, taking something
from under her pillow, shc put itiarouttd -"
my neck, ana S;iN SRapa, cake care or u
my watch.' The old man looked at the a.
merchant. The eyes of both were. oil
moist. sDo you see that boy out there "a
on the wagon "' he said. "Weii, that
is Mary's child. l wouldn't pari with
this money, but my old wife, who
always loved me, died this morn ing,
and have come to buy her a shroud.'' 81
When the old man went ont he carried ~
,, a bundle in ono hand and the sswatchcs''
in the Othor. ~-r--a-"-'---.'''--''''-7-
What is the en- bnnc Guiteau SO often
mentioned? The New York World
s answers at simply means fdl
Z court sitting for the determination of
il questions OF law exclusively, AZ dis s
v tinguishcd from u court sitting to dc-
X tcrfninc questions Of fact--in which
J, latter case the court is called Il court at
O. nisi l,yi,t*. Btt,c is the old common A.
d law word for sbcnch.' In Guitehu's
$, case Judge Cox held court at "t"i
,t i,juS to convict Gnitcau, and Judges
Of Carter, Wylic, humphreys, Macarthur d
N aud IIagner, Of the District Of Column
H. ba court will hold the court =" h"vsc
p to hear tho appellate law questions
= in I;uiteaus case" ....... 4. r..
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