The Press., 1891-12-24
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He Was Cross Eyed and Fed Headed an

He Was Cr0ss Eyed and Red Headed and
 the Yankee Was Astolislied.
 No man in the state had q keener ap- Enreeiation of hufaor than the late udge E T. Lisis Diekie, who served many years as a circuit judge before being elevated 10 the supreme bench of the state. Al Though he had u rich fund of anecdotal lore concerning the prominent members If the Illinois bar, he never related g rood story of any of his fellow lawyers EsEith keener reltsl, than the following in rident of which he was the hero. It is necessary to \ full appreciation of the story that the reader shonld be reminded that Judge Dickie was cross eyed to an intricate and marvellous degree, and also gifted with brilliantly red hair The story is as follows: tx ..I had been out shooting prairie chick ems down below Ottawa. and was return ing home on the public road along in
 the afternoon. It was hot and had
 already tramped far enough to get thor
 ougiily tired out, and. as 1t was several
 miles to town, was anxious to catch a ride The first team that came along was lightning rod outfit.
 "sFriend. can you take passenger?
 said l.
 He looked at me suspiciously. Per- haps looked even more cross eyed than
 usual without my store clothes on--at any rate he seemed, at first, of mind to drive on without me. Bnt he finally stopped his wagon and condescendingly remarked:
 :. Yes; you can pile on back there, top of the rods and ladders II gratefully accepted that privilege l and we rode on in silence until we 1 reached R wayside watering trough The man disTmounted. unlocked pail from beneath the wagon, and proceeded l to water his horses. Meantime the pro prietor of the premises came out to fill
 his own pail. He knew me well and
 said:
 How d do, judge. What luck have you had sliootingy
 .'As the word judge fell from hi lips noticed a look of i.stonishment or
 the face of the Yankee lightning rod ! man. The fellow was bolstering up tht l pail of water with his knee to 8 height from which his horse could drink with out unchecking, and his astonishment was so great that he let his knee slip out
 from under the pail and splashed tht
 front of his closhes.,
 ".Ditsn't that felier back there at tn,
 waterin trough call you judgeY inquired l the Yankee. as soon US we had started on.
 "'Yes.' replied.
 '.What be you judge of, n hoss race: he exclaimed. turning back to take , I second contelnptuous inventory of my personal charms. 2
 "eNo: judge of a court replied. 1 rsWhat kind of courtY 1 "'A circuit court was my answer. l :Wxal-down east, where come from, |. took considerable of fella 1 to be circuit judge! How big's you
 circuit?
 "sIt reaches from the Wisconsin lin,
 as far south as Peoria 1 again replied.
 Lifting the hickory stick of his drov
 CTS whip he sent it's long rawhide lasl twirling in succession of coils abov his head. which culninated in q cracl
 like the explosion of . pistol. I "'My goodnesst I'll settle in thi
 country myself if they make such mai 1 as you judger exclaimed the disgustel Yankee Itwas his final aictum. HI did not offer toeychange another wort with -iue. We parted in silence at tn
 outskirts of the town. Chicago Mail