Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-03-23

OF the Legislatures; who are SO mean
and rotten that, in comparison, the
ancient fruit of the hen in the most
advanced stages of decay Is as sweet
smelling as the altar OF roses, and
whose record is of so rank an odor
that all the skunks in their neighbor
hood take down their tails and make
an assignment, not being able to stand
the competition. But there are
thousands of lawyers who are satisfied
to work hard, live we'll and die poor,
and who are locking for compensation
outside Of fat retainers and big fees.
They see individuals rushing into the
legal quicksands OF destruction, and
seize them by the napc of their necks
and turn them into the paths Of safe
ty; they find obstinate fools, ready to
cut off their noses to spite the bal
ance of their countenances, and per-
suade them that it is an incorrect
method of procedure; they find hus-
bands and wives living together in
the same pleasant relations as would
dog and cat holding diverse views
on the social questions if attached to
each other by their tails; they loosen
the marital knot, and cause the grass
widows heart to leap for joy; they
find men ready to litigate, and lose
good fees by persuading them they
had better settle their difficulties with
out law, and be at peace with their
neig hbors; they find good devils
caught in the meshes of law, without
money to pay for defense, and
give them the benefit of the best
knowledge and exp erience they have
for nothing; they find men on the wit
ness.stand who are full Of dishonesty
and lies as the prince of darkness, and
, they strip the scoundrels, skin them
! and expose their true inwardness te
, the community that didn't know them
before.
"They probably don't get credit fo
, the good they do as they travel along
, through this world of business toil
3 and sorrows, but they will get'thei
$ compensation by and by. When ont
e of this class OF lawyers comes up t'
t the jasper gates he will probably fit
J. that the devil has filed a demurrer t.
: his petition on the ground that law
n yer is not proper party in the court
f of heaven, but the Glove -hoofed gen
tleman will be informed that his de
n murrer is overruled; that the recor
" shows that the unpretending lawye
+? has better standing than many @
n the so-called saints who claim tn
Q right to range in the pastures of para
d disc; and then Peter will throw ope
d the gate and say: Come in, old mai
J. and make yourself at home; fill you
!? pockets with the fruit of the trees ths
d grows by the river of life and selet
,e some desirable town property in tn
n New Jerusalem. You are a man a
I? ter my own heart; you have loved jul
IN lice and fair play; you were on til
" side of the weak, and ready to figl
ID for it if necessary. was that kind {
30 man myself. You will probabl
st recollect how l once slashed off tt
10 ear of a Jew in a moment Of excit
is ment in Old Jerusalem. You we
ly never quite appreciated down on cart
at but here you will reap your prop
ed COMPENSATION And then a motto
i'm will be filed that the lawyer be a
re mitted to practise in the heaven
he choir; and the old man, filed with j
,al to think he is at last appreciated
what he did in quiet way, will Ia
IN up harp and knock off a tune tn
ial will astonish the old-time musicians
is heaven"
'ne Auother of Mrs. Ro0ch's BanU uet 8.