The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-04-11
Anecdotes From Adventures
Among the Magistrates. Chin
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ED. S0UTH KENTCCKIAN
\ Esq Win. Wood held call tern
OF his court to try an attachment case
some time about the first OF March
The amount involved was thirty
bushels of potatoes and WAS claimed
by the defendant under the exelnp'
lion law allowing a housc-kecpel
with a family years supply OF pro
visions. The court sat In ponderous
dignity OH asplit bottom chair and
the parties TO the suit went out and
compromised. Each side had law
yer present to represent IL and q
dozen or more neiyhbors had gather
ell in to hear the expected speaking
When q compromise was announced
Henry Nolan, who had como soInt
distance through tho mud 10 hear the
speaking, announced his disappoint.
nicnt In the exclamation ''sucll is liie'
and your correspondent corked up
his speech for 4 more tdnvenienl
season aud cane home. Strange as
| ii may seem there was some mud in
tho road. My horse, being accus.
toned TO streets, was rs afraid OF 1t as
a hystcrical female Is OF a mouse. In
attempting TO avoid q hole In the
road lle leaped into the fence corner,
hung a rail in the siirrup, hurt toe
of mine OH which corn had long
lived In easy luxury, then accepting
The inevitable lie walked into the
hole, stepped into deep horse track
and "sqIirted" muddy water up into
my facc. This was somewhat an.
oying.
The Benneitsiown court, presided
over by E-q j. Z. Coleman, is one OF
the most orderly courts in the coun-
ty The neighbors seem 10 have so
much respect for the court both indi-
vidually uid as q tribunal that they
maintain The strictest qnielude and
any disorder would be stopped by
the irowus of those present as quick
ly as by the authority OF law. Mr..
Coleman sits Ia his blacksmith shop
NJ much respected by lockers OIL NJ
are tue Judges of our superior court
in 5dnc, aud he administers even
handed Justice as coolly as could the
blind goddess with her sword and
scales. Nothing Oh the docket was
liiiyated so | talked TO the neighbors.
rom Moss snid, he was TO run for
jailcr he Would run TOR tho money
that Il in the Ollie and not Tor the
honor, and Mr.. sheriff. answered
chat ifa man went into d jailer's race
Tor honor he would come out with
ont It.
Bennett -town ia n deserted village I;
there Is not mercantile establish.
menl in tho place and but for the
cIang of Mr.. jobs hammer, the
cacKling of hens, aud the CRYING OF
babies il mi ght be mistaken for sum
ner resort in winter. Sam Blair will
open up store before long and will
endeavor to retrieve the iallcn tor.
tunes 0ttlIe town.
Garrettsburg courts are always
lively. There is aspicy animation
about the village that makes one
think oEa horses tail III fly time, and
where 80 much activity is there must
law suits be also. II speaks poorly
tor c0uniry to say that lawyers are
starving in it; and prosperity flags
when The docket decreases In size.
Litigation arises out of a clash OF in
ieresls and whtn nothingis doing no
misunderstanding occur. q. NJ
Qnarles and Austin Poay, Magistrates
Tor tho Garrettsburg district, are men
of cultivated in,ellccts and equitable
conscieuces, and II man wants TO
hear 3 railroad speech E-q. Quarles
will accommodate him Every cin-
zen in aud around "rhe Burg ex-
poets TO be wakened up the next
morning BY a steam whistle instead
of a cock aud one man In the neigh
borhood swears that he intenis TO
| get,him a pair Of sheet iron breaches
and mount the first engine that comes
by aud sweep into Clarksville a
"shooping.' Esq Quarlcs is prom.
ised station and is said 10 have laid
off his farm into town lots Of hall
an acre each. The city which is to be
founded on the 'Sqnire's farm has not
been christenel yet but VIII proba-
bly, bc called "Illusion" since 1t can
exist only in the imaglnaiion
| Mr.. JAS. IL. White told OF rather a
singular incident, saying that he
turned his horse in wheat field and
1t was killed, together with another
horse belonging to a neighbor, py
| lighting. No tree or barn was near
The elcctricity seems to nave arisen
from the earth and to have run up
the horses lcgs burning the flesh as i
went. Mr.. Whites horse was killed
instantly. that OF his neighbor lived
short while before dying. . :,
! Crofion Is the metropolis Of North
Christian aud has many law SUITS tt
disturb It's cqnanimity. A shingl'
machine is running near it aud not
bale OF shingles come from that ma
chine to Crofton that some ono doe
not get out an order OF delivery for II
r The title TO the shingles made on tina
machine is passed to any ole wh'
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