Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-21

FIN IN THE COURT ROOM.

dISpUSeu vi ia TIC Dtott'Ot OouIt was
one that involved cayuse mare and
suckling colt. A German turned
over the mare and colt to Payette
rancher to take care of one winter.
The Teutonic gentleman asked the
rancher to bring in his cayuses,
which he failed to do. "He tells
me-" says the plaintiff, who was
his own lawyer in the case, I'd OF he
wants me to shut my mouth up on
dose horse business. paid him fife
dollars for vinterin' dose mare and
colt, an | told i'm TO haul lem right
away up und pay him extra for dat.
He say, Alex, your mare and colt vas
runnn' NIT der hills around, und l
don't got no time to look 'em up. So
you turns der colt out too. All ha!
says l. Dots de way you do ven |
tells you two or three couple o. times
already to veen der colt an fasten him
up in de corral und feed i'm on hay an
grain und let de old mare run out ven
de grass grows up. Dom l top you
uf you lets der mare suck de colt dot
her ribs would be tryin' to stick
through der hide und' dat horse would
be no more use for nuddings all sum
mer except to eat oats. Den Yank he
gets hot und he say. Now Alex. Pve
heard yust more as enough about dose
horse businesses, und if you make any
more noise like you been maxim al
ready, III knock yer nose so fiat dot
you'll never know vat hit you. Yank
vas den peddlin' rutabeggers und he
come to my house init bucket full
vot he sell my wife. He takes yum
init der bucket out and draws him
back. Your honor, ven l see him
raise up dot big vegetables NIT NAL.
ice aforethought, my temper raise up
too und goes for him. ven my wife
corle in between us yust like thorn
between two roses, and she pitch me
through der back door out. | don't
go in again right away quick, cause
| goes out und waters my potatoes.
Yank he comes out und tells me to do
it some udder way, und tole him
irrigate mine potaters according to
mine own ability, and if he don't get
off of my potatoe hills and leave dot
garden | would shovel him out NIT der
spade SO quick as to make his head
swim. My wife heard all what we
both of us say, und so did mine niece
Mine niece she don't step at mine
place any since a long While ago. Oh
mine Got N heaven, don't l wish dol
girl vas stoppin' NIT us now instead Of
runnin' off und marryin' dot little
butcher. Veil, see Yank no more
from dot day till l meet him again
Dis time l calls on him at Garder
valley. Before I goes down to Yank's
/ sthops at jim Mills for dinner. jim
he calls me Won side and he says: Al
ex | hat bad news to tell you. Vat il
1T says |? Your mare und colt va
gone up der fume. Gone up VIA
place? says I. Den he told me do
both of 'em vas dead. | starts RICH
away off for Yanks, and when l pass
McLaughlin's 1 see Mac sittin' mi
both legs on each side of der fenc'
schmokin' pipe. Mac, says I, Yaul
Is oxcitable, und so vas |, und if xii
i'm l want you to go down und be
witness. Mac say he vas too busy, 81
goes down by mineself alone. Yanl
he vas loadin' on hay. Hello! Yank
how you vas? says l. Poorly veil, say
he. How ish does mare und colt
Oh! he said he guessed dey vas al
right, runnin' round NIT der hills. Unit