The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-10-22

$50 is my shirt frill," said Mr. j., as he
mechanically threw her from him, and pro-
ceeded to wiring out the moist and depressed
ornament ~8
Calming her with kind words, however, and
reviying her by holding bottle of home
made ink to her nose, he asked her to tell
him her case speedily, as his time was very
valuable, for he expected another client the
following spring, and SO he could not delay.
Briefly, she was accused of numbering scme
people, and she needed the help of bright,
young lawyer to convince the illiterate jury
that this was not true
Mr.. jefferson took the case, and by sys-
TEN of changes of venue, continuances and
appeals, succeeded in piling up such load of
costs on the county that the prosecuting at
torney was glad to dismiss the defendant.
From this on Mr.. Jeffersons success was as
Eured. He got SO accustomed to speaking in
public that his mouth did not get dry any
more, and he could easily talk for hours upon
political subjects. As speaker he had Won
derful staying qualities, and would fre-
quently remain long after every one else had
gone home. The biographer says that before
he left the bar MIR. Jeffersons practice was
worth $500 sterling per annum.
He married, Jan. /, I772, Martha Shelton,
less widow, daughter and heiress of well
known Virginia lawyer named Wayles, a dis
tant relative of P. Wayles, now in Great
Britain Mr.. jefferson was always kind to
his wife and never rcproached her because
she had been an heiress. He said that
woman had just as good right, under the
Virginia law, to be an heiress a man had,
and he would not taunt her with it. He SIM
ply said to her, $50 and sin no more" Ee
said that, as for himself, he would not be the
first one to cast stone at an heiress.
Mr.. jefferson was at one time q member of
the legislature and did much good work while
there He was instrumental in abolishing
the laws relative to entail and primogeniture.
He also greatly improved the existing game
laws, maxim. it IL felony to turn u jack from
the bottom of the pack.
During the war one of Jeffelson's estates
was pillaged by the forces under Cornwallis,
and Tarleton's cavalry boalded at his Month
cello place several days, contrary to Mr. Us
wishes Upon the death Of his wife, i'll Sep
tember, 1852, he accepted an appointment as
plenipotentiary to France.
tsYou replace Dr. Franklin" said the Count
de VergeInes to the new minister.
u succeed DIR. Franklin, said the great in-
ventor of Simon pure simplicity; mo one can
replace him."
The historian says that MIR. Jefferson made
q good minister. He not only performed the
j. usual duties but he sent over seeds, plants,
] shrubs aud blooded hens eggs to his native
land, acted as correspondent for the papers,
and wrote a book called Notes on Virginia"
He returned to Virginia iii l1S0 AMI was
soon appointed, by Washington, secretary of
state In 1856 lie was elected vice-president,
and in 1900 he was chosen president Of the
United States He now began TO Introduce
Jeffersonian simplicity and wear yarn NIT
tens while doing his chores. As president
he won many friends, and Office seekers from
all over the Union came to him frankly and
told him they enjoyed his administration, oh,
SO much jefferson refused the nomination
for third term, and March !, 1863, he re-
tired to his beautiful reserved seat at Month
cello, where lie practiced on the violin and
wrote autographs for a grateful people.
MIR Jefferson was tall ami well formed,
beihg about the height and general tout CHI
senible OF the writer parting his hair In the
middle, also in similar manner to that so
much affected by the humble writer OF these
lines He had sandy hair and gritty dis
position, also q benevolent expression Ct
countenance, which often misled people WHO
came to him for the purpose Of indorsing his
administration and securing the postoffiec In
their own town. He was q good citizen, o
kind hearted man, and loved his country first
5 rate. A great many believed that had any
thing happened TO prevent Washington being
5. the father OF his country, Jefferson would
have been a good mali for that place. - Bill
Nye in Boston Globe.