News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-09-18
WHAT THE COURT SAID ABOUT IT.
Judgment Given u Hot Mexican Dish
and Given with Earnestness.


Some time ago Colonel Milbank Wis.
tied Mexico, and upon returning, de-
clared that the Mexicans are the only
people in the world who know how to
cook. "Why," said he to his wife,
''their dish of 'cheely' is excellent You
take handful of bird peppers, mix in
little meal and stew 'em up. OF course
seems to be composed of three parts
fire and one part torment, but after a
man gets used to it, why there's nothing
that has such tendency to promote d.
gestion. 1t undoubtedly prolongs life,
keeps the mind active, and tends to-
ward q general promotion of good feel
ing. I have brought home sack of
those peppers, and at every meal after
this I shall expect my favorite dish"
Bird peppers entered into the ColonePs
daily diet. No one thought of sharing
the dish with him until several days
ago. when old Uncle Sam Blackamore,
of Red Fork township, came to the city
and called at the Colonel's house. The
old man, while at dinner, noticed the
host dipping into what appeared to be
cooked tomatoes, and, during an AMI
mated discussion into which the subject
of a literal place of torment in the
world to come entered strongly, he
reached over and helped himself to a
spoonful of stewed pepper.
ssNow," said the old fellow, lifting a
good-sized blaze on the point of his
knife, and holding it near to his mouth
until he should reach semicolon, 81
am a little quar- in my belief and don't
hesitate to say that the wicked will be
roasted, like a postum"
He dropped the knife, wiped his
tongue on his coat-sleeve, and, without
speaking, he "hauled off" with a sauce
bottle and knocked the Colonel down,
The Colonel, being resent,ul and impet-
uous, arose and discouraged old Black
amore's familiarity by hurling the
favorite dish into the visitors frank and
open countenance. A hand-to- hand en-
counter ensued, resulting in the defeat
of the Colonel and the subsequent ar
rest of the old man. The case was
taken to court and tried by an eminent
Justice of the peace, a jurist whose ides
of Justice rarely meets with reversal,
! except when it chances to fall under the
severe gaze of Judge who knows the
law.
When the lawyers had closed thei1
arguments, the old justice killed horse
fly with paper cutter, and said:
"This court is ready to deliver it
i opinion. The court holds that the de
! fendant had right to visit the land o
! the Montezumas and Cortezes, and tina
| while there had a perfect right to form
= taste for the dishes prepared by tn
inhabitants of that country. This cour
furthermore holds that the defendan
had a perfect right to prepare the disl
and eat it under the American flag; i
. other words, he had right to put it O.
his table.
ssThen I understand" said the lawye
e for the plaintiff. ''that you have de
s cided in our favor =
e "Just wait, if you please, until th
n court has concluded its decision. I
! order to be thoroughly prepared
|, iudce the case wisely, this court ordere
= and tasted sample of the stuff brough
|. from the depraved land of the Monte
|. zumas, aud this court is prepared to sa
/ that a man who wouldn't knock fello
= down for placing such hidden mine {
IS explosive compounds within his reacl
/, ought to break out with the nettle-rasl
and be deprived of the right of suffrag
It This court would advise the plaintiff
q keep out of the defendants way, bl
is will say that if the defendant don't cate
s him and maui the eternal pizen out
II his disposition, he will lay himself lab
L TO a fine and the odium of being col
II sidered a blamed fool by this court"