The Grenada sentinel., 1899-11-18
COL. ArKINSON'S WIT.
Sarcasm in His Bar
Practice.

One of the judges of the Wayne circuit
court tells Of an incident in the bar prac.
tice of the late Col. John Atkinson that H.
lustrates his quickness to hurl Parthian
shaft and the biting sarcasm Of his irony.
He was opposed in the case on trial by all
the power and resources of James H. Pound,
and they were fighting like giants for every
point of advantage. Pound had won ma.
jority Of the jousts, the colonel was nettled,
and was lying low for chance to deliver
swinging blow.
cided a point against Pound. 1t had been
1iercely argued by both attorneys, and in dc.
Gliding it as l did l stated my reasons at
length, giving authorities. I saw Pound
shake his head at one Of my conclusions,
his lips moved, and J. supposed he had made
some comment, SO when concluded my de-
cision, l asked
"What did you say?" Mr.. Pound.
"Quick as a shot, and in his most cutting
tones OF intense sarcasm, the colonel re-
piled:
"Mr. Pound did not speak, your honor.
He merely shook his head There is moth
ing in it. '"-Detroit Tribune.
Perfect Confidence.
Perfect confidence is desirable between
couples engaged to be married, but it is not
always that the young woman has as fine
an opportunity to establish it as did Nor
ristown belle, to whom wealthy bachelor
had been paying assiduous attention. After
worrying her a good deal about how many
young men had been in love with her, and
how many, she had been attached to, he
asked her to marry him, adding:
"Now let there be perfect confidence be.
tween us. Keep nothing concealed from
me-"
Certainly" replied the gddy girl; "let
US have no concealments;" and, jumping
up, she snatched the wig he wore from his
head and danced around the room with it,
Philadelphia Record.
Under Two Flags.
"What grand picture it must have been,"
remarked the boarder who had seen Dewey,
ITO have seen the Olympia steaming home,
the stars and stripes on one mast and the
hOmeward pennant on the other
Magnificent" echoed the man in black
suspenders, but think what a picture it
would have been to have seen the stars and
stripes on one mast and the baseball pennant
on the ether. r.'-Chcago Evening News.
Many q woman who becomes indignan
when called tough, gows when called q bo
hemlan.-Atchison Globe.
1t seems almost to be taken for granted b,
the majority Of men that money is Of NOR,
value than anything else. Character, repu
tation, absolute fidelity to even the finest
shades Of distinction between honor and dis
honor-the almighty dollar seems sometimes
to weigh all these down and sit throned or
a mans eternal soul.-Rev. Charles NJ. Shell.
don.
A Baptist minister was asked how it was
that he consented to the marriage Of his
daughter, to Presbyterian. "Well, my dear
FRIEND" he replied, "as far as | have been
able to discover, Cupid never studied the.
ology. ."'-Ohio State Journal.
How They Hate.-Mrs. Greene-"How
came. you to recommend that girl you had
to Mrs. Gray? You know you said YOU
actually hated the girl" Mrs. Brown
Yes; but ! don't hate her as much as do
Mrs. Gray."-Boston Transcript.
"What did papa say?" "He showed mt
the, door," "And what did you say? ."
said it was certainly very handsome door,
but not what had come to talk about.
Tha: made him laugh. and minute later
you were mine.'-Ciucinnati Commercial |