Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-28
A MENAGERIE In "A COURTROOM
An Actual Occurrence.

VI uuooo VINO nave never heard 1t an
Tor those who would like to hear
again, we put this humorous war tim
Incident before the public in the graph
way in which it is described by MI
Raphael Semmes Payne, formerly Q
Warrenton:
In the sgring of 1862, when Genera
Pope's big army, 100000 strong, wal
encamped around Warrenton, Va
Mosby and his dare devil rangers err
engaged in hazardous game of chess
with the yankees. which abounded
! with brilliant and strategic moves on
the part of the wary guerrillas So
well versed were those gay knights of
; the sword and saddle in the art of sur
prise and capture that the war depart
ment at Washington is said to have
set ransom upon their heads. Bred
IN a vlrlle atmosphere, that youthful,
lmpetuous band of troops knew every
1oot OF their romantic region.
They bad fshed in its picturesque
s1reams and hunted the wild fox over
lts mountain spurs and through it's
beautiful valleys. With a good horse
unoer them, brace of pistols in their
ooots and yankee spoils as an incent-
iVe' no enterprise was too perilous to |
execute Mosby's plans they would run
tne risk of being captured or shot, with
an abandon that was as debonair as
it was reckless
Although Mosby felt that his capture
meant indignity and probably death,
instead of keeping uader cover he grew
oolder and continued to harass, circum.
vent and puzzle the enemy by his
ublquity and with such arrogant per-
slstence that Pope became irritated
ana determined upon a wholesale ar l
rest of the male population of the
nelghborhood, whom he suspected of .
being in league with Mosby's com.
nand. t
All the men, and boys as young as U
o, had gone to the front, leaving liter o
lily only 1.-THE butcher, the baker and u
ne candlestick makera to protect and II
roVlde for the women and children of W
Varrenton. tt
Cen Pope finally grew very angry fr
nd issued orders for the arrest of all
nspects. The provost marshal form
lily convened his court and detailed a B'
uard Si
The first prisoner brought in was a
spectacle farmer named Wolf, who
sloed a few miles from town. The
'xt culprit called to the bar respond.
TO the appellation of John Fox, a TIL
op Keeper in Warrenton. The Judge SKI
marked with a smile: This is a ca
incidence to capture a wolf and Fr
K in the same tran y Tho oa WI
en- produced a quiet, inoffensiye dal
oklng citizen, who called himself Dlo
lbblt, Whereupon the court frowned TO
q demanded, Your right name. the
~ his
1 speak the TRUTH" replied Rabbit. asst
1at's my name. I'm a shoemaker gra
trade. and live in this town. tile
Fhe next suspect was comical look lie
. little man with a moon lilo fooo bat
gg1sh gray eyes and a voice like a sna
ss cut saw. He wore homespun Thl
[hes and chewed tobacco with gusto. MOI
len asked for his pedigree be struck ing
neatrlcal attitude and spoke for the see
lefit of the soldiers: Eyer honor NV Reg
ne's Bob Coons. L I'M the auctioneer
his ere town, and can prove it by
utable citizens.'' -
N uproar OF laughter followed this
y, and the judge tried to look in This
nant. You fellows are ridicul1ng La
authority. We shall see who has the
last Iangh in this matter
oons established his identity, and
here was no longer any doubt as Yc
lis name, residence and occupation. the
court again became TRANQUIL and hom
lmed it's labors. Yf
What is your name p was asked of ill te
eofew, Who replied that it was ing.
+, and bis occupation that of mer- Yo
1t. abou
ne Judge was nonplused, but ap. Yo
latlng the humor of the situation is an
aimed with good-natured surprise: at he
We we gotten into a den of wild Yo
lals ?" know
1t the climax of the fun was reach Yo
hen the last man went on the stand. schen
7as local character and the pop Yol
boniface of Warrenton. When she oc
vore that his name was Louis Lion. Yol
moreover, was proprietor of the of yol
q House" there was such an out Yol
OF hllarity that the judge lost his little
ty, proclaimed that he was not in Yo,
aenagerie, and adjourned the court the W.
die.
sequel to the comedy was the
Sc OF the prisoners and a big pie free @
on General Pope throughout
INK and file of both armies
enton True Index.
Po
tn marks which mark and mar the aware
lie OF the body are grief to eyery your L
Ell whose children may bear Them Eel
or every child who bears birth. me, II
on the skin there are many who becom
an indelible birth-mark on the trouble
Nervous mothers have nervops
en- and many man and woman
an irritable and Respondent tenn 81 81
'en1 10 tnose Gays OF dread when home f
ioIner waited the hour of her golf i'd
ni'y. Inc use OF DR.. Pierce 3 I'VE
'ite Prescription strengthens the the sp
il lor ner trial. With strength than to
ouoyancy OF spirits and quiet play it
of mind, which is one of the