The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-02
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN.


did you ever hear of a judge 20
often put in thirteen hours of solid la
Dor in a day?" said Attorney H. X
White, who has just returned from One
onta, whsre he attended court.
Judge Bilbro is one OF the Judges who
does this kind of work. He, like Ma
poleon, believes in fitting the time to
the work, rather than fitting the work
to certain hours of tinBs. He opens court
with prayer ard holds it by candle light
Last Tuesday and Thursday morning
I happened to be present and on each
occasion court was opened wi a di
vine invco alton at o'clock. Adjourn
ment was taken fer dinner and court
convened again at /. Adjournment was
again taken 81 6 for supper. Court Wen;
into SESSION again at Z and continued
until IL. This made thirteen hours in
all. The judge also takes such 'polis
notes on Tie evidence that a steneg-
rapher is really unnecessary, and luriag
all these hours he is irst as patien. rs
a Sunday school teacher with his class.
In fact, the Judge is said to have been
a great Sun lay cnaol teacher ontr n
his life. 1t is some hing out O. til. or
binary for Judges to h'll court such
long hours, and so close together"
A man walked into he governors
temporary office in the back room at the
A 10 I, MOI
He wanted to know something about
that lady in Washington who desired
to locate model co'ony in Alabama,
mention CT which was made in The
Age Herald a few days ago. He
had some land and wanted to offer it
to her for sale.
why don't you have the name pub
lish ID, and let those wanting to sell land
wrf e direct to hsr?' said some one to
Governor Johnston.
This is just what don't want to do"
replied the governor "She would get
SO many offers that she woltd be dis
gus ed"
The governor says the lady is really in
earnest and he has had consilera bic cor
respondence about the matter. The Il6y
desires land in the Piedmont SEXTON, ard
wants to establish what she calls a
'dnodel colony" The land will be laid
off in the form of town. There win be
village church, the village school house
and perhaps the village school marm"
1t is the phdlanthropst's Intention to do
good TO humanity, to have town like
happy family. The lots will be sold on
easy Payments and a model colony"
without any thing savoring OF oppres-
sion is The ladies desire.
There is often much speculation as to
who is the meaneSt man in the world
But there is now no speculation as to
who is the maddesit man in The world
lie is the man who has been the victim
of the quarantine regulations. He talks
and he raves and th,re is no end to his
madness. A man was at the Florence
the other day who had been a victim.
He was from New Orleans and had tried
to come to Birmingham.
81 was put in car with the windows
down Ike wild beast" said he. "They
carried me through like they thought me
a desperate lunatic. Then they forced
me to stay out of the state ten days.
The quarantine victim is the man who
is not the least afraid of yellow fever
He says it can't be carried in the cloth
irg. The victim alluded to above was a
similar specimen He blew hard and
said he wouldn't give all of Birmingham
for one man from a place that hadn't
Guaranteed.
Whe her appropriately or not the hotel
porter sang a popular air to lines of his
own manufacture. "Wsll, don't know
Their are other fools, and no bigger fools
than you"
THAT man has nerve enough for a
theatrical press agent" said the hotel
clerk as a man with a flowing black
mouatache walked away.
''He DOESN'T room here and he doesn't
eat here, but when he wants shelter from
the weather, sltanp for a letter, or
any other convenience he never fails to
come here. The hotel loafers In Birming-
ham are about three degrees worse than
in any other city,