Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-06

yasds. Yss Il eansot - denisd thsf
- tendency runs 10 ths dissssion u
bosdsng on to he vssy Isss. and ssst .
great many yards viii Be ealsissssd .
. soss q sosisrn hopS hoping hat
so0sshin9 uOzid turn up. You ~
lows vii catch it some day." sd IN
almost discozragsd grover 70 me yes-
terday. :. Come dsy or other yoaT b
- iousy - he devsl. mari ny word
forit." unmiytakabiy showing the vish
father 70 the thoasht II blight or lice
OF usouid. or any other disaster. should
strike The Warrington bop crop. there
Is no doubs bat vs would have the nm
fsisred sympathy Of the hop growers
OF this stste-shst unmistsksbie sym
pathy exhibited By oar o~n growers
for the hop farmers Of Sev York upon
the 10 - OF their crop: that sympathy
begoifsn in mingled sosrost y and Joy
50 easy to appreciate, re. 30 dlfncult 70
describe either In prose or poetry.
sach Is human nsinre the world over
The little shoss-iins railroad leading
toSchoaarie undoubtedly the rough
est pisrv Of road In America The
engine Iooksoas II i, runst have been
constructed before Soah's ark Was
thought Of. One Of tbs passengers,
used to the experience. said We would
have an appetite tor dinner BY the time
We thumped over the road, even If
It was bat . fss miles. Sure enough,
10 was thump. hump, jostie, up and
down. forward and back. sideways.
everyday. until finally We arrived and
we're released.
5choharie IL the frst place In which |
I ever attended court away from home.
The bsll rung and We I'll marched up
TO the courthouse In solid phaisnx
about three hundred strong. and into
the house Jus. like parcel Of school
boys after recess. everybody scram-
bling 70 see who could get 70 . seat |
first. Twenty-four men were FIRST |
sworn rs grand jurors; the judge stood |
up and the men TODD mp and received
an off.hand lecture Of about three min
utes and OF they went, two Of their |
number being excused simply for the
asking. Then twenty-iour petit jurors |
we're sworn for the term. Then came
the usual hair-splitting so interesting |
to lawyers and disgusting to clients:
the usual motions to gain time, or at
tempss 10 deceive themselves on points
called isw--I wonld call them bubbles.
The interminsbie hop case was up
the dollar-and a-half appeal case from
= Justices docket--two lawyers with |
paper bullets firing with command to |
farmers delivering, as
meekiy and willingly IS could be-the
will case. the question OF legacy al |
serious, comical, i'm
portant, frivolous, TO be sifted out Of |
sixty cases In . week. Now. IL 10 no
harm TO say 30 ct home. or TO print 1t |
ct home, II II does not go too far |
abroad, so venture to whisper it. that
for dignity OF bearing Of judge. jury
or the bar, for clearness oil stating a
case, for the manner OF proceeding and
dseorum enforced or observed without
enforcement, Washington courts have
nothing to learn from what saw in
New York State court. There were
several good political jokes" hits"
believe they call them here-passed
between counsel, at which judge, jury
and audience laughed heartily, with
some slow of applause at the back OF
the house. Then, when two lawyers
had case TO dispute about. they left |
their seats often to meet in front Of
the Judge, like two culprit schoo.boys
before the master" talking in low
tone OF voice, doubtless satisfactory 10
themselves. but disappointing to those
OF the audience Inclined 20 listen, and
so the proceedings went on, with the
usual delays, dissppoin,ments, sur
prises and injgstice as well rs justice
under the Law, the former 50 casper
ating and Illuminating TO the commonsr
OF the American body polite.
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