Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-10-22
TWO CASE IN LAW.
BIT NJ. DAD.

AhFto hEo tWO uthu thlb WOflu VINO
have taken VOWS as b as a tarrel 10
down me at the frstconveDisnt oppor-
tunity. The term st down" means to
lay man on bis bao-wslk on him
make him sorry-strp him of all his
cash--send him TO thp lor- liouse-make
him feel SO miserile that he will
steal piece OF clothesine and 20 of and
hang himself to death know these two
men have taken thee VOWS because l
heal d thgm, and they ,ddcd on a great
deal which would notook we'll In print.
even IN Greek.
And there are two cher men In this
world who have oierved that they
wanted to be on han When the aiore-
said VOWS were ripe ad take q hand in
the row-oB my side. 1t all came about
through the law, aud because the law
sto0d by me instead othe plaintiffs.
One AUGUST night compile OF years
ago Stopped at cerIin hotel In Gin
cinnati. IL was red-ot, and Us there
were no screens at tn. windows and no
netting around the Id tho muse litoes
came in by the thousads. There were
also buas IN that. be- and they wers
there for business. Wen paid the bill
it was 50. asked tSclerk to knock off
81 9S for the discomfds, but he refused.
Last November l slipped at the same
hotel Tor a night. IT. weather was cold
and raw, the room lib an ice box, and |
ordered fire. Nexmornlng the clerk
had me charged fifty 'Dts extra for tho
fra, ard / pulled bck In the harness.
He said l must palor he'd hold my
trunk. l refused to,sy and he held It
accordingly. Then ITent out and got a
writ OF replevin, mao returnable the
same afternoon, and lw do you suppose
that justice held? b didn't look a bit
like philosopher, an yet, after / had
told my story, he said
The rates at this ltel are advertised
At 50 per day the yearouud. Nothing
whatever Is said aboudres In winter or
fly screens in SUMMIT Un very hot
nights the plaintiff ties no stepe what
ever to do away witany nuisances, as
mosquitoes, gnats, miers and other in
sects. He doesn't advtise that he will,
and guests must 6gur accordingly. As
all offset, however, higuests must not
be Obliged to suffer ~ more from the
cold than from the lat, and 1t is the
duty Of the plaintiff tournlsh fires with.
out cost"
"But no hotel does !" protested the
plaintiff.
"ThAt makes no ference. Your
rates are % per day. There are seven
months in tie year whe you don't have
TO furnish heat, and on five when you
do, If called for. Yo,are ahead by q
month. You arc bounoy common law
to make your guests comfortable as
possible. The deiendt was recon-
mended to come here IS guest, and
was told that the ratesyere So per day.
He arrived here to find lat such was the
case. An elevator In ltel is to make
it more convenient uncomfortable for
guests. Do you chang each one for
ridngY Why not7 A ationa- y wash
stand may be considere an extra, hut
do you charge for III " may have had
to pay more for your uRts and vege-
tables yesterday, but did gu charge the
defs dant extra on tina account The
toll for his fire was with about five
cents. The services ofthe man who
ullt 1t cannot be chaed for, as he
works by the month. VI not only at
tempted TO collect All illell charge, but
you attempted to extort iOney. i shall
advise him to prosecute W."
A madden or more astished landlord
you never saw. He bnme so plain
sp ken that HE honor thRtened TO fine
him for contempt. f. twenty long
years he HAD kept hotel, i'd 1t had never
occurred to him that II comfort of the
guest was included in Uncommon charge.
When he got me out dGs and around
behiud foundry he sal
"Now listen TO my rasrksl I'll lay
for you and make you ecat for this II Il
takes Tho sand years Two camped on
your traill Pm there tstay until have
had satisfactionp
! got my trunk and parted, and If he
means to keep his prd he it keeping
very still about 1t.
The second case wash town In Ken
lucky last fall. got horse and buggy
to ride out ard view To country. The
livery man said it woti be 81 for three
hours. was gone ternlnutes over the
time, and he demandean extra dollar.
"irhat doesn't seeI hardly fair"
said. 'In the one case ~ give me Dinety
minutes tor a dollar, sd in the other
only ten."
'ft's my rule, sir" ie brusquely re
piled.
'1t's your rule to clrge a dollar fol-
ten minutes. is it?"
at is"
"Well, also have rule. ut lie my
rue TO pay pro rata much cases. owe
you about six-eiehths o cent, but as
don't want to DO smalln business trans
actions oil this sort Pllmake 1t cent
Here's your money"
al demand dollar, lrr'
"Well, you won't " 1t. If our rules
clash we'd better 90 toaw about II"
80 we will I'll Ave you arrested
within an hourl"
"Very good. I'll belt the hotel"
He kept his word. t wasn't an houi
before q constable cam aud walked the
over to the office OF justiceof th,
peace to answer to the charg,
Of trying to heat, swindle
defraui, embezzle, ad so forth, Que
John Doe out OF the SIN OF one dollar
lawful money, and 90 IN. The plaintiff
had lawyer, but anwered for the lie
PENDANT. / admitted citing the horse
and of being ten minus overtime, ant
then he put In the plea hat he had charg
cd me according to alpstablished rule.
"How long have yol had that rule?'
asked his Honor.
"Ten years."
"Have you any rule, defendant"
81 have. have hid rule for owe
forty years. tendere him pro rata OIL
the lime"
"Well, / don'tsee WY you haven't thu
same right to establih rule as th'
plaintiff. If you had rule not TO pc,
at all 1t could not holg good in law, bu
AS your rule seems to y fair and reasona
bic shall entertain ~
"But, your Honor" protested th
plaintiff lawyer, ''thi rule was estab
lished by man doing large bushes
with tho public"
"That is true, but evry individual cal
establish certain ruh II he cares to
One Is as good as another. lie was yer.
1.-The raj in offering "A while cent