Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
The Revised SDeller.

burdette IN the BROOKLYN Eagle.
An Old Man found Rude Boy up one Of his
apple trees and desired the young marauder to
come down,speaking to him with pleasant words,
which are sweeter also than the honeycomb. ~
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 scapegrace told him to 60 to grass, as it
was written in the Spelling book. 'Then," said
the Old Man, whose patience was soon gone. ~
Will visit you with the extreme penalty OF the
Law" Whereupon the saucebox tauntingly told
him to go ahead and draw his bill and he would
soon see how much meat there was on a wood
chuck in December. The Old Man, nothing 10th,
at once engaged the services of an Able and
Learned Lawyer, who was also a Jurist and was
distinguished in the columns of the local press
for his matchless Forensic Eloquence, while on
his part the Rude Boy. by pledging portion Of
the fruit of the Tree which he occupied, was
able to secure for the defense Pure Minded
and Honorable Counselor, whose fair fame as
an Attorney and spotless reputation a High
Minded Advocate had never been called into
question save by those who had dealings with
him. The Old Man, who was Rlghtful Owner
and was possessed of the Tree by Descent, Pur-
chase, Escheat, Alienation and Forfeiture. had
his claim strengthened by his Lawyer, who put
in additional claims as Riparian Owner, Free
holder, Tenant by Courtesy and Right of Dis
covery. In re the Defendant the Rude
Boy merely put in a claim of Naked
Possession and claimed Title by Occupancy.
The Old Man went for him on writs of Custer
Trespass, Waste and Satisfaction, to which the
r. b. replied by charging Disturbance of Ten
ure. The case was called and put off, and set
down and adjourned; it was referred to the
Master to take Proof; it was Postponed, decided
and carried up; it was reversed and remanded;
it was stricken from the Docket with leave to
reinstate, and withdrawn with leave to amend;
it was argued in Chambers and surcharged for
rejoinder, and was just on the point of being
rebutted for demurrer in Trover with misprision
of alimony when the Old Man died, without
issue, leaving the Rude Boy in possession. His
own Attorney, however, requested him to come
down, to which the Boy replied that
he had learned little law himself by
this time, whereupon his Advocate, remind
ing him that "a little learning was dan
gerOus thing" took large-sized Rock of irreg-
ular shape from his pocket, knocked the Boy
clear out of the orchard at the first shot, and
assumed Possession by villainage. my name
is Dennis" cried the Dying Boy, "but won
der why the Old Man didn't do that?" BE
cause" replied the High Minded Advocate,
'he had chump of a Lawyer who didn't know
how to play the winning cards when he held
them" So saying he took of all his clients
clothes, examined his teeth to see IL they were
filed. and sold the Cadaver to O medical stu
dent, with the right Of reversion Of the bones
to himself after the 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 tho lariaf