The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-28

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Rs.sh-..A-Resay Messs<s. Osvs.s way
ts EssesSss Pwrusaltsy.
Prom the New York Tribune.
Several lawyers were chatting over u
good bottle of wine in an uptown rpssuur-
ant the other might, and as one ut them
was from Montana and auother Ut them
had spent some year. nj his ynsneeP days
in Nevadla, the conversation naturally
drifted into "a reminiscent channel. ~
suppose your Judges ost west are q differ
ent ciass of men from what they used to
Ire years ago. when tine country was more
unciviltsed," said one. ~ remsmhssr once
we had great difficulty i'm securing u Jury
i'm - newly laid out town In Nevada. Mo-
body seemed willing to serve that counsel
on one side or other had mot s~s.riosss oh
jections To. Finally n desirable looking
stranger was called.
"'Your honor said ls.. u avn mot quail
fled To- serve: ! am not z frc..l.older.t
".in my tent on, ON wasninaso;, BS.i--
varl." was the reply.
Married"
Living all alone-
For how long,
"'SIx weeks
"'You'li do said tile Judge slccisivsly.
Il never knew - tenderfoot yet to keep
he had accumulated enough dirt to be -
frsholdcr.' So the man served"
That's ~ pretty fair sample" said the
wcstcrncr. .'of the rouni,-aiid-rcady style
Of oldsime Justice. and il has not all died
out yet by any means: Not long ago q
fortune from the hardest uy,,strnck il very
rich I'm his old age, married "A young wife
and st'; =, ~u on "a pr"iangsh spree which
few hours before he died left all hi. prop
crty tn his wife; His relatives i'm the east
was out of his mind when he made the
will. The case came NJ before u judge
who is known as "a good liver and a gal
mt An laEf nm ExsRH allx.
freaks were proved tn have been per-
formed by the old miner in the last few
weeks of his life, and tire widow was put
what were your husbands last words ~
said her counsel.
nd rather not tcll,' said she, blushing
prettily and hesitating.
why not" said her counsel. "You
mus. tell: Ihs judge will think yo" are
Glued to tell. Finally the judge himself
sisted M refusing. i, would go far toward
confirming his suspicious that the man
WELL" said the widow reluctantly. "he
said; kiss me. Puss, and open another
~",Sensible to the very last biurted out.
the Judge. And SD he decided, and would
hear mo more evidence"
"The most severe rebuke l ever got
from the bench," said the first speaker,
'was from one of those typical western
Judges who had determined that il was
Time to introduce a little more of the for
mality of the east i'm his court anyway
I had gone out there about as green as
they make them and had purchased "a half
who ~mmeiiatei retired from practice in
that town and made me u present OF the
remainder of his business. when he felt
my money safe in his pocket. So was
thrown on my own resources and was
soon f~iounderin9 so deep in legal qtiag-
mirs's that the Judge felt called on "a IN,
probably have poured out some choice
ibuss. ON my head, and would have offered
to fight me il I did not like il. But now
he was standing ON Formally.
Young man. he said impressively
''the best thing You can do for yourself
YER I did so."
THAT reminds me,' said the other. sof
a rcbukc admiiistered by One OF our old
Justices to "a fly young lawyer who Came
out there from the east with "A dctermina-
ton to show everybody just how things
and well introduced, but soon got into
debt. and was AN inveterate borrower
from his friends and even from chance
were sitting on the bench together, and
had also united i'm sitting ON our young
old gag about contempt of court.
~ wish your honors to fine me s. for
contempt of court said he.
" So, Mr.. Smith >" said one of thu
Justices, who did not at once tumble tn
the point;. You have not displayed any
sBu cherish "a decided contempt for
this court and am willing to pay for IT,,
said Smith with u rhetorical flourish.
"'Eour contempt for this court IL not tn
I've mentioned in the same breath with tho
courts contempt for you,' said the second
\ Justice.
"'And we won't fine you. Mr.. Smith,
I said the third with "A triumph in his eye,
because we can't tell which one of US you
will borrow the money from to pay /,
with
NV lille the ushcrsw were trying to restore
quiet i'm the court out of the tunult al
laughter that followed this neat and cut
order"