Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

brushes and kind words, ma4nlfylHe
little virtues into big ones The pulpit.
press and grave stone are the great
aaint-maIiiug triumyirato." And he
might have adj led that the newspaper is.
I he architect OF more regulations than
The pulpit. A newspaper reaches al
CLASSES OF people and tells thetluth when
IT dares to The pulpit reaches but few
people and dom dare to tell as much Of
the truth as the newspaper men.-EX.
OLE Hanson had trouble With an ugly
dog that belonged to a peighbor. He
shot The dog as soon as he discovered he
was not friendly To him, and the sequel
found lodging in Justices court When
Ole was propoundpd inteITogaties by the
attorney for the prosecution, he evidpI"-
ed q sense cf Justice in framing replies
that is rarely witnessed,
"What sort Of gun did you have, Mr.
Hauson?f inquired the attorney:
"E8 var two hole shotgun.'
"Double barrel?"
Yes das ct. .
well, don't you think you could have
scared hIm away?"
AYE mite ef aye had not been scare SO
lax the DICKENS macsal"
''Why didn't you take the other end OF
The GUN and scare him away?"
Val, mester lawyer, w dedn't. dog
come for mae oder end first IF he want to
do Oct way"
The lawyer is still wondering if there
was e&temuating circumstances connect
ed with the shooting -Denver Times,
Appleton Crescpmt:-In he early pi0n-
Ger days, justice was administered in The
most practical way that could be- deter
mined by the circumstances OF the offend
En-
Below Green Bay city, on the bay
shore, WAS a settlement made up pin
cipalIy of the defendants OF Frpnchmen
from lower ranada, " it'll a small sprink-
ling OF other natioDaltes. Bay settle
mpnt reioiced in a Justice Of the peace
named Xavier Martin. When or how
appointed or elected is among the for
gotten events OF the past. Martin held
thesGaIes OF Justice we'll balanced. He
beIiebed that an offender against what
was right should be punished. He had
an old copy OF the session laws Of the
territory OF Michigan for the year 1884
and his good sense supplied the rest
A man was arralgned charged aud
convicted OF selling whiskey TO Indians.
As the crime was in Importance next to
stealing a horse or jumping a squatter's
claim, as drunken Indian WAS liable to
Kill somebody, he gave the ease his best
consideration. He could gnd nothing
nhou thp crime in his Michigan session
laws, bnt he remembered that it was
said Judge James Duane D0ty had once
fined Il man fifty dollars for that offence
and made him marry the woman he WAS
living with, SO he had to decide What he
should do with the culprlt. who was
wholly impecuuiOu5 Finally the justice
rose and said:
'Stand up Jacque and face The court.
You have been convicted OF selling a
chunk bottle OF whlskey o nH Abprgoine
You knew it was a2in tie law OF the
Almighty. Father Bondup has often
enough preached that into your thick
Canadian skull, and you shoulj have
known that Ii is a@in the law 0. lie
United States and GjnnraI Jackson, "n@
ii the Old Gjneral should hear OF il, Ii
would order you to be bastjuadopl an&
east into a lake of saItpeter, Whtre th-
worm dieth not, and thr fire j NOT
quencheI. They tell me YOU are q poor
devil, too poor to havea vie tosurport
you, aud too lazy to gather wild ii Z, to
keep You through the winter. and lh0t
Won hunt mus,rats for living. You
must be punished. Justice must be MAIN
tanned, and your immortal tut ignorant
sonl saved from pordition. The sentence