Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-11
.IUDGE DOOLY.
some Anecdotes About Him-The Fall
ing stars.

Judge Dooly, the noted wit and humor-
ist in mis- day, told the following story on
his father-iri-law, relative to the falling
stars. which attracted SO much attention
on Nov. Is, 1888;
Mr.. II. was lying on his sofa, and a ne
gro woman was scratching his head,
when he was startled by little negro,
who was looking out of the window. ex-
claiming: ''Lor, master, something is on
fire: see how the GOALS is hyingw
MIR. H. sprang up and sent for his over
seer, Philips; then he had the negroes
called M, and, taking the four strongest.
had himself let down in the well, telling
Philips to stand at the mouth and trans
NIT his orders.
"Philips, make Tom and Pete get on
the ginhOuse; Sam and Bob on the barn;
Joe ana JEFF on the corn crib, and make
the others carry them water"
phillips, have them fodder stacks in
the gin house caught yety'
''NO, sir"
''Philips, amt the grass field all in
mot yet, sir; the fire goes out before
coming to the ground"
philips, have bottle of that old peach
brandy sent down, for hot as it is up
| there, it is mighty cold down here; and
give the niggers what they want, for it
will all be burnt up before day.
| "Philips, do you smell any birthstone
from the fire."
81 thought, sir, did get Whit of it
just now"
''Philips, if any of that fire falls down
! here and should miss me, it will scaid me
! like hog in scalding-tub; at least it
! will parhoil the life out OF me-"
"Philips, get pen, ink and paper" They
We're brought
"Philips, can you write on the bench
where they set the water-bucket."
| eyes, sir"
After he had dictated a short will
! Philips told him that he would have to
come up and sign 1t in the presence of
witnesses. Mr.. II. asked:
phillips, what is the state of the fire"'
Pouring like it was raining ten thou
sand brush heaps"
Cant come up yet, Philips. Philips,
have you heard GaDriePs trumpetr'
"Not yet"
"Well, let me know the first toot you
hear, that l may have time to pray a
little"
Philips told him that there was no use
to make will, as all his property would
be burned up and it would be of no use.
swell, Philips, forgot that"
The old peach brandy having begun to
operate, gave him courage to come up,
having first had the wagon-body brought
to the well and turned upside down.
Under this ne crawled. Philips proposed
to have straw put under it tor him to lie
upon, but he objected "because it would
take fire too easily" But ordering sheep
skins and blankets, he gave directions to
have himself let down again if the wagon
body caught fire, and went into his wool
bod IL -
warmth put him into a sound sleep, and
the sun rising before the sleeper, blotted
out all appearance Of falling fire.
DON'T SHOOT THIS WAY.
While attending Hancock court MUIR
der case was tried. The turning point
was whether the prisoner was justitiable
in shooting. There was much said about
his "right to shoot under the circum-
| stances disclosed by the evidence, and
the jury returned the following verdict,
in which they intended to justify the
homicide, said: sWe, the jury, find that
the prisoner has a right to shoot
Judge DoOly, in apparent alarm, said :
''Mr. Sheriff, don't let him shoot this way"
HAD TO DO IT HIMSELF.
Judge Dooly, while holding Wilkes
court, charged the grand jury against
gambling. He then went at night TO Buck
| Walkers faro table and broke the bank,
and excused himself by saying: THAT
finding that he could not suppress it by
juries, he had to take that method to do
it himself"
NEED NOT BE PROUD.
When at the bar Judge DOoly had a
fight with Dick Long, In which he was
worsted. He told Long that he need not
be so proud of the victory, for it was no
great thing, as he had fought through six
States and had never yet met anyone he
could whip.