Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-02-01
THAT TRIAL.

Dtst- water-on-earth trial. last SATURDAY,,
We rise TO remark with regard tn the
l.e-bel that jumped tbroug l the brItchen
and wandered away from the Kitchen
post 9 right smart spell-as ii were.
! Bystander went down there impressed
with the idea that somebody had been
urt-in Western parlance, had been
showed under; been placed in a position
physically and mentally, that would re-
quire the ln~terpositicn of ~ChamUerlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy to
rehahilitate the system in proper form
place ii in shape to roll over into the
arms of Morpheus and linger there with
the dewy smile of hope playing hide and
enance. while innocence hid in the
brush and felt sad and melancholy over
t g fact that she had been born into the
world.
We wandered around the city for an
hour, taking in the possibilities that lie
before il when the frost was off the
pumpkin" We found that the water
was the "ssaest in the country at least
every body said so, and, being a Prohi-
bi.ionist, knowing water would work
wonders if allowed TO run, Bystander
felt that nothing could prevent the town
from forging to the front. While we
were meditating on this singular circum-
stance, an exclamation from the sur
rounding crowd announced the fact that
Justice RexfoTd's court Wac about to con-
vene, and we poured into Sykes old
hotel with the rest Of the crowd to see
the show and hear the roar of the quad
raped we HAD been informed was to be
placed on exhibition IN the legal arena.
When court was opened in due form
States Attorney Sears arose and Set
forth the object of the meeting and,
with tears in his eyes, said he was about
TO perform the 'saddest and most un-
welcome duty of his ~life"-then he lew
his nose on Ills s%anguinary b%andanna,
and John Lightizer and several of the
boys tore their pants as the blast swept
them over the rough plank seats that
tianked the court, and left their heels
waving in the clouds of tobacco smoke
that ait the battle wreck on high.
Order was restored, without smelling
salts, and. in the midst of oppressive
silence, the States Attorney allowed
his dIgnifed form to subside slowly into
a ~chair-much TO the relief of the nu-
watched his grlef-stricken face as he
took off his number ten overshoes and
sat them carefully against the wall,
where Bystander thought they might be
easily mistaken for pup houses.
MIR. Turner, attorney for defense, shot
up his form-fully as fat as a match
and Informed the court he was a
stranger in a strange land-had come
with his colleague to try the case at lar
and would endesvor to do SO fairly and
in a geftlemanly way" Then he cooked
n eye at the Court and the other at
Franks o%vershoes. evidently somewhat
afraid that he might miss his chair, drop
into one OF them and not be able to find
his way out till a searching party was
sent to his rescue after the trial was
over. Harry is way up in being careful
to avoid traps.
Again Attorney Sears arose and
brsced himself. There was q cruel
twinkle in his eye. He regretted that
the learned counsel on the other side
was a stranger; that he was trying to
create sympathy in the mind Of the
Court; that he knew he had not been
heralded by a brass band. but could not
see what that had to do with the case,
Then he branched Off for a few brief
minutes and quit.
The audience drew a long breath.
Mr.. Tuner arose and bashfully and diff.
idently remarked that he objected to
learned counsel's statement, he had
been heralded by a brass band-Mr.
Sears had walked in front of him all the
way from the depot.
The preliminsries having been settled
a battle royal took place over the ques-
ton as to whether the articles published
in the REPORTER & FARMER subsequent
to the article complained of by the
prosecution, should be submitted in ev-
idence. The Court finally refused to ad.
init them. Then the defense made a
motion to dismiss the case on the
ground of the insuficlency of the com
plant, interposiHg demurrer. Motion
and demurrer overruled and exception
taken. This brought the parties down
to the work of the preliminary examin-
alton and the introduction of witnesses.
The complaining witness took the
stand for the state anil with consummate
tact the States Attorney, step by step,
developed the tact hat his feelings bad
been deeply w~ou"iei; that the ibelous
article comp, ined of-$10,0OO worth il
you ase-lsd stung him 80 he could
not sleep for several nights. and that
ii had the same effect on other members