Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-12-26
A Sol,Oelmarm Witness.


case IN an Ohio town. The usua
bully-raging lawyer was there, bu,
an unusual witness in the person OF
a country schoolmarm met him
"Ah, MISS" said the lawyer when she
had taken the oath, "wll you state
your name? ?"
"Elizabeth Martini" she responded
quietly.
"Iour occupation 2"
"Teaching school"
"lIow old are you 2" he next in
CURED, with sdc-long smile at the
crowd.
"Old enough to know that it is
none OF your business" she answered
rs gently as ring dove cool.
"Objcction sustained" remarked
the court. The lawyers face fell,
but he braced up and went on, but
without a smile.
"Do you know the nature of an
oath ?" he asked, spitcfully.
"Oh, yes; heard you damn the
court yesterday for ruling against
you, and know you were not saving
your prayers"
Inc court looked ut the lawyer,
the lawyer looked at the ceiling, and
the witness looked ut ease.
"Confinc your answers to the ease
II you please" said the awycr
Snow, will you tell the cour, if Won
know the plaintiff.
eyes, sir, | know hcr?'
"What do you know Of hcry"
"Morc good than do of a LAWYER,
sir"
"IhatS not what | want to know"
81 presume not" continued the
witness softly.
81 want to know shouted the
exasparatcd qucstioncr, bringing his
list down on the table, "if you know
anything about the case before the ;
court 90
"Morc than you do, possibly"
swell, tell it to the court and
have done with it," f,
"rhanks. | know, your honor, n
that Joseph Hill, the defendant, c
asked Mary Jackson, the plaintiff, if il
she would be his wife. 1t was done "
in my presence" i i
"lndccd Isn't that rather an I'm.
usual way of popping the question:"
81 don't know, sir. have had no =
experience. happened to be pres i
mt because came into The room $,
unexpectedly, and found the plaintiff - -
ltting in the dcfrndcnt's lap, and j.
lc, to show that she had !, right 10 c
ave the furniture in that way, asked I
cr again to be his wife, aS he had l'
lrcady done Il week earlier" :, :,
5sslg the way, Miss Martin, how !,
nroyisi.',,N ,i. ,Ny Ir?'''' It. weigh :" i !
much a"'S VA ,,ra a"rty nn1,'dS -, 3,
sir.' snow $" cxartly:'
ullow y" Eight, Of cunrSr,' She
,By hf,hc lawyer wen; off on
smlcA,rack.
auH you think the defendant was
lng you the truth ~
"Oh, yes; YOU know he is not a
lawyer"
"Thc witness will conIinc herself
to The facts" Interrupted the court.
Every well, your honor, | shall
pay no attention to the StatcllcntS Of
the Attorney
"lhat will do," said the provoked
lawyer; "thc witness may stand
down
"May il please the court" She re-
marked, ''thc witness would like to
sit down"
",Thc sheriff will provide witness
with chair said the court. ''Shc
seems to have sat down ON every
tliHS tISt lll tlllS court room, ana
the court sees no reason why Il chai.
should be exempt
The witness smiled placidIy, and
took chair to await another call to
the box. GrrWcjWc Nouutui,,cn.
TrrrSNlILE, PA, December lj--
Three separate glyccrinc magazines
blew up this morning ut North CIar-
cndon, about seven miles above War
rem, Pa. The amount OF glvccrinc
exploded was over ten tons. The
magazines were owned by the Rock
Glyccrinc Company, John Kunn and
a Mr.. Mckay. The explosion set
fire to two $4,000 barrel tanks
full of oil belonging TO the National
Transit Company They are still
burning, and will be total loss.
Several oil dcrrickS and small wooden
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