The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04

pleasantly to this one and that, patted
us boys on the head, and went back
to the court house picking his teeth
with his jackknife.
When court reconvened Lincoln
walked down in front of the jury box
and spread the map in evidence across
the railing, and this was his speech:
Gentlemen of the Jury:-Tve heard
Judge Gridley for good many years,
and always knew he was a fine talker,
but never heard him do as well as he
did to-day; positively, I didn't think 1t
was in him. The only criticism l might
be captious enough to make is that he
didn't touch the subject from first to
last This isn't q question of oratory.
This isn't the Fourth of July. 1t isn't
Christmas; it isn't even a campmeet-
ing. It's just a common dull time be-
tween all these occasions of oratory
and exhortation. When it comes right
down to the facts of the case this map
can holler louder than any of EN-.
While Judge Gridley was prancing be-
fore the king, / was thinking that the
haste of the old fellow went by fits and
starts. What's the use of talking liftily
about the tremendous interests involv-
ed in this road If you don't keep 1T up?
When the king gets to going he ought
MT to be hindered. Look at the map
and see the way they bother him.
When his highway comes to Jesse
Hammers farm they make 1T go
around on the outside lines. The same
way when it comes to Alden Ranneys
farm; the same way at Isaac Boys
farm.
IF it's a question of getting produce
to market by the shortest and quickest
route. why not make the road straight
1t could have gone diagonally through
these farms on better ground than was
given ii and been that much shorter
If the king didn't appreciate the society
of his hogs on the way to market why
did he do like the old Wabash farmer
and take the longest road to get there
When this road got to the farm OF Dea
con Everett it might have gone catty
cornered through his farm on rloS'
and been on a straight line from the
metropolis on the lake to the capital O
a great commonwealth, but you can
see that it was in any hurry, can you
Well, that's my fix. Now the taxpayer
of this county will remember that j
costs more than 5000 to avoid this goo'
route and take the poor one in ordel
to keep on the OutST llieS VI liiiS hie---
farm. The road had to be wharfed III
through a frog pond so that the Ant
wouldn't be leg deep in mud. IL Ng
; Jagged around the farms of John Tar
meter and Deacon Rouse in the sam
way, but when 1T came to the farm o
my client 1t got In a hurry; the KING
| business required haste so they Gu
: across lots and threw her fields int
awkward shapes and her cornfields int
point rows, and took lot more thal
, necessary of her land, and made he
, build extra fencing, and all because sh
was a woman and couldn't y;te an
fight for her rights. It's all y g; IL
/. unjust; it's cruel, and you .1tleme
are sitting here to weigh the faa;s al
{ do right by her, and / believe Il WI
7 If was disposed to appeal 10 you
!, prejudices and talk loftily about tn
sacrifices the citizens should make 10
the protection and honor of tn STATE
I might remind you that this defence
, less womm has given more for II
! glory than all these rich men-she ma
: given all she had, for her husband lie
2 buried on the plains of Mexico; but
won't say anything about that. wit
: the last sentences Lincoln had risen I
e his full height and his manner ha
/ changed from the tone of pieasantr
(, and conversation to one of the deepes
: solemnity and earnestness which mad
? an impression that could be felt a
over the house. but when he came
: the last words his eyes twinkled agai
{ and his long. lank. hungry chin WEI
h out over the rail Of the jurybox In