The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-16
LAWS LONG DELAY.

&c u fharmingly Illustrated by Litsis
story Told by Bob Burdettc.
An Old Man found Rude Boy up
one Of his apple-trees and desired the
young marauder to come down, speak,
ing to him with pleasant words, which
are sweeter also than the honeycomb.
al prefer to remain In the Band
wagon" replied the Boy, who held the
Age. The Old Man then threatened
him with personal violence, but the
young scrapegrace told him to go to
grass, as 1t was written in the spelling
book. Then" said the Old Man,
will visit you with the extreme penalty
OF the Law" Whcreupon the sauce
box tauntingly told him to go ahead
and draw his bill, and he would soon
see how much meat there was on a
woodchuck iE December. The Old
Man. nothing 10th, at once engaged the
services of au Able and Learned Law
yer, who was also a Jurist. and was
distinguished in the columns OF the To-
cal press for his matchless Forensic
Eloquence. vSi'5 ou .-is i.... tho Rude
Boy, by rle2gjng q portion of the
fruit ot the T:,v which he occupied,
was ablo &c secure for the defense
Pure-Minded snd Honorable Coun-
selor, whose fair fame as All At
torney and spotle8s reputation as
High Minded Advocate had never been
called into question. save by those who
had dealings with him. The Old Man,
who was Rigbtfrl Owner and was pos
sessed of tbe Tree by Descent, Pur-
chase, Estlest ILisstIin and For
fciture, had his claim strengthened by
his Lawyer. who put in additional
claims as Riparian Owner, Freeholder.
Tenant by Courtesy and Right OF Dis
covery. In reply the Defendant the
Rude Boy. merely put in claim of Max
ed Possession and claimed Title by Oc.
oupancy. The Old Man went for him
On writs of Custer, Trespass, Waste and
Subtraction. TO which the r. B. re-
piled by ctls"N.ng disturbance OF
Tenure. The ease was ca,.et ind put
c.f, and set down and adjourned; it was
lCICIISu w tuC NuotCi w ttthC iooit
it was Postponed, decided and carried
up; it was reversed and remanded; 1t
VAS stricken from the Docket with
leave 10 reinstate, and withdrawn with
leave to amend; it was argued in
Chambers and surcharged for re-
icinder, and was just on the point Of
being rebutted for demurrer in Trover
with misprision for alimony when the
Old Man died, without issue, leaving the
Rude Boy in possession. His own At
tcrney, however, requested him to
come down, to which the Boy
replied that he had learned & i.;tle law
himself by that time, whereupon his
Advocate, reminding him that "a little
learning was dangerous thing" took
,arge-sized Rock of irregular shape
from his pocket. knocked the Boy
clear out of the orchard at the first
shot, and assumed Possession by Viii
lainage. MY name is Dennis, cried
The Dying Boy, but l wonder why the
Old Man didn't do thatP" because"
replied the High Minded Advocate,
"he had a chump of Lawyer who
didn't know how to play the winning
cards when he had them" So saying
he took off all his clients c,olnvs, ex-
Gmined his teeth to see if they were
slled, and sold the Cadaver to a
medical student, with the right of re-
version OF the bones to himself after
tho student got through with him. Thus
do we see that it is easy enough to
make an honest living at the practice
of the theory of law, if you only know
how to put the kink in the lar;at. -
aurdctte, in Brooklyn Eagle.