St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

A Man Who Shot His Own Hens
and Took Note Payable After
Death.
Buffalo Courier.
Ex-Congressman Loren B. Sessions
has seldom been accused of being guilt
BILE, but he admits with becoming mag
nanimity that he was bested on two oc-
caSlonS.
Living next door to him in the little
village of Panama is man named John
Baker. Baker glories IN the title of
counselor-at-law,b but when the legal
business is dull he-is never ayerse to
taking painting or Whitewashing con-
tract. Both Sessions and Baker kept
hens, and it was their custom to let the
hens run at large during the early
spring months and late III the fall.
Sessions had finished planting his
garden at the rear of the house, and
shut his poultry up in the hennery.
One morning he discovered, much to
his disgust, that Bakers hens had paid
him an early visit and scratched up a
large quantity of seed. He went to
Baker with his trouble, and told him in
his usual good-natured way that unless
ne kept his hens confined they would be
shot and thrown into his yard. Baker
chuckled to himself. and promised that
his hens would cause no more trouble
in the newly planted garden. Early the
next morning he arose and liberated
the cOugressman'S hens, which were
soon enjoying themselves on forbidden
ground.
Suddenly he heard several reports
from gun, and, peeping from a win
dow, saw Sessions approaching tie
house bearing number of the unfor-
tunate victims. John! JOhD!' yelled
the elated legislator, GIVE kept my
promise, and there are your hens.
You'd better catch the rest of them, or
I'll bag them, too,"
"Why, Lo." said Baker, my hens are
all shut up in the rooSt. Those must
belong to some other person."
go on" returned Sessions. "YOur
hens and mine are the only ones that
ever come into my yard, and mine
haven't been out of the house since l
made my garden"
"Well, you'd better look and make
sure of it. anyway" said Baker. SO
the pair jumped the fence and went to
Sessions rooSt, where the chagrined
congressman discovered how he had
been sold. Sessions gathered up the
house, where they were nicely pre-
pared, and the entire Baker family was
invited over to dinner.
Sessions decided he would get even,
and made several futile attempts to do
SO, but only played into his neiGhbOI'
hands again. Baker went to his friend
one day and said: 10, want load
of hay, but / haven't the ready money for
1t. Will you take my note?"
81 don't suppose you'd ever pay for
it. but I'll take your note for thirty
days." said Sessions, jokingly.
The hay was transferred and the note
given in payment. AT the expiration
of the thirty days and the courteous
three days extra, Sessions asked Baker
if he would pay the note.
Certainly, when it becomes due"
Its due now; the thirty days are
up" says Sessions.
Il say it isn's true" retorted Baker.
"Read it and see."
The congressman read the note, ex-
aiming the date line closely, and, de-
tecting no flaw in it, said: "This note
has run the stipulated time and l want
my money"
"kead it again." said Baker.
What's this? Thirty days after
death'-confound you. what do you
mean by that? Don't you mean to pay
this?''
81 Will surely keep my contract said
Baker. Call around thirty days after |
am dead and get YOUR mOney,o