The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-17
AN ODD CHAR tC-rER.
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE JUDGE
JOHN M. CLOUD.

Mr.::W. q. Bailey Tells Soma Amusing In
cidents of the Court Room Scenes When
the oldest of North Carolina Judges
Presided.
From the Cha io:te Ne,us.l
The court house III Salisbury vas
built macy years before the war, ii,.l
| when butt WAS cove. ed wiih tin
roof in the course of time the sheet
ing to which it Wis nailed rptleI. and,
of course the nail which held the lin
to the sheeting bee me i, sene.l, and
when high n.r;i,we4Jer struck the
| gable end il s."u!,i lift The tin aud
pass through he whole Lei 9Th If the
r.,nf, but as the gust passed along the
| raised tin would fall back in place
with thunp ~ bang, the nose caus-
ed thereby greatly resembling such as
| would ordinarily ha,a been produced
by lot OF Buys scampering over the
roof The roof was SD lifted by Il
| strong northwester whist Cloud was
holding court. Cloud, supposing the
banging noise to be caused by boys
running over the roof, broke out
! thusly: est y right thar, Mr.. Black
more Lord Godd urimitey of hevin
and yerth! | have forebarne. endur-
| ed, begged thur daddies to keep them
at home and to tell thur maninies to
take them .cr' SIS thur laps, and'-
with d lowered gesture oi the right
arm-'you know, you know, Che had
an inveteraie habit of repeating his
words), but Great Godd urimitey of
hevin and yerth, | get no thanks for
my ratici ce, and Eye hear,. soIiie of
the lawyers, | Lnink it a.ts Mr. Bal
ley over tharr, say a time mi ght c,me
! when patience would cease to be a vir
tue )" then turning To the sheriff, Il
little lui d fellow, "Mr. Sheriff, bring
those Logs before me right away"
+. The sheriff wen out, not knowing
what tl.e edge meant, ,nI ali busi
| ness was suspended.
| All exp. c.anc., all spense,
While sienc, ga gel the audience.
Pr, sently the sheriff returned, of
course, without The imaginary boys.
| Cloud ioq-" Whar's them b ,ys p
oherit-"Judge, | couldn't find
them"
| Clouu-"Look here Mr. Sheriff,
me got 10 That plat ANT going TO
low no iriting with my orders. |
give you just ten minutes to see
whether you are to continue sheriff !"
Poor little Waggoncr, the sheriff,
scared out OF a years growth, tiptoed
out again, but, after While returned
without the boys. He said to me
there Was no boys '.In or about the
court house, and requested me to speak
tor him Thereupon | arose with the
usual formula, May it please your
Honor" whereupon C:"ud interrupt
ing exclaimed, "L,rd Godd urlmitey
OF hevin and yertn, thar it is jest
let sheriff get into difficulty and a
lawyer gifts up with May it pleas;
your Honor"
Bailey, loq.-"If YOUR Honor would
hear me, l think l could offer suH-
cienL excuse"
Cloud-"Great Godd, amt lissen-
ing? Go ON, 60 on
Bal ey-"Well, ,aay it please your
Honor, when the court houre vas
built 1t was covered with tin
Cioud-My Eodd, Mr.. Bailey, don t
every body know that p
Bailey-.If yuur Honor will only
be u little patient"
Cloud, nterrupliig,-"Why, Mr..
Bailey, Pm ih= most patient man in
the world. Id,u't believe old man
Job had as much strain on his pa
tience as me"
Bailey tin was put on be
fore the war, (this scene occurred in
1879 and nailed on 10 sheeting."
CioudA Lord. MIR. Bailey, don'l
ever, body know it has 10 be nailed te
the sheeting? For Godd's sake tel
US something new"
Bailey" swell, sir by the weal
and tear OF time the sheeting has rott
ed aud The nails nave become ioos
ened."
! Cloud We'll, we'll, come to the
pint. What's all this rigamarole go
to do With the matter p
Bailey = Your Honor promiseo
me patient hearing"
Cloud Vas, that's 50, that's 50
go ON, go on.'
| Sis "hSh q ous
norlhwester strikes the court house i
blows parallel with its length ant
lifts The til and passes ciean On thru
between the tin and the sheeLlng ant
as il passes the raised tin drops aut
makes noise greatly resembling The
stan. ping OF children's feet, and tha
is the Case NOW, sir, as a norihwestel
is blowing"
Cloud-"Weil, I've been tp the bar
and on the bench nigh on To fort,
yere, and of ali the excuses ths
beats all The boys, the boys, Will
, yuu were spinning your yarn have Il
had d chancc ss5 git away, and can
be reached nos lie not iue the sher
iii, but Lord God uriinitey, Mr.. Bal
. ley, don't think you've balnooozle'
me-"
| THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
Cloud greatly eujoyed il when
crowd laughed ut his pieasanlries q
irunical remarks, aud on such occ.
:. siuns would indulge ANY amount {
levily, even though 1T times upon AMI
ious ex. or.
Sometime before the incident | al
!, about 70 relate, man named AcheI
: back, from, as Cloud understood
: Pennry ivania, settled near Salisbur
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