Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-13
DisilIusionized.

| The peasant costumes pleased him much
| He said abroad he'd roam
| Among the Spanish. French and Dutch
! And see those girls at hom"
| Through foreign lands he gayly went,
| Blu: all the girls he'd see
| With toll Were prematurely bent,
| Nor were they full OF glcc.
| Upnn the green they'd never dance,
| Nor cen ut windows spin;
| He never saw them come and France
| Before the village Inn.
He ned from Spain to far CathaY,
| But painful was his lot:
| The further II" pursued his way
| The u2iicr they got.
| He p1uSCa at every PEASANTS hut
| IN hopes pearl to lind.
| And ~;aN :tli kinds OF damSelS but
| The operate kind
| Louisville Couricr-Journ;,l.
| BarnuIn, the great Snowman, hearing
| OF an ola negro woman down in Ten
ncssee who claimed to be 125 years old.
called to see her with d view to secur-
| Ing her for a sidcshoW. He found that
| the old Wonlan was really ancient, and
commenced To question her to find out
| lust how old she really was. He said
| to her:
"Auntie. 90 you remember George
| v asEington"'
Il reckon / duz, sab; Use played wild
| him many day"
do you remember anything about
| the revolutionary war; asked Bar
mum.
"Wcll. | should say GuZ." replied the
! Old lady. Il members when de bullets
| WIZ a-fyin' and a-zoonin' roun' here
| laik bumbl"bccs, Sah.'
| "Wllat do~Nou remember about the
| fail Of the Roman cmpirc!" said Bar
| mum.
| In" old woman was "etunpcd'' for a
| moment, but, recovering herself, re-
piled:
| 81 VIZ a mighty Hectic gal den but /
| me Inb"rs h"arin' dc ole folks say dat
| dry heard sumpiIi' dral."
| There is Il lawyer of Baltimore who
| tells Il story of how h" secured Il YER
| diet III favor IF an Irishman charged
! with assault With intent to kill. The
laWycr secured lis clients acquittal on
| III" ground of Temporary insanity
| Counsel and client did not meet for
| several months after the release of the
| accused. When they did meet the fol-
| lowing conversation cnsned:
well. Mike. isn't it about time you
| handed he that $500"
"What $500
"Why, the fec of 500 hat yn,i prom
iscd INC | should hayr if saved you
| from ihc penitcniiary.
''Shure an did | promise yc that? l
don't raymimbcr.'
Don't remember. Why. you were so
grateful that You promised me over
| and over again that I should have it
within Il week."
| Mike gave Il sicllly smile ''Shure I
think the claim is not a good wan"
said he: ''yc know. I was crazy thin"
Last summer there was tried in Chi
Gag" i breach of promise suit that
awakened much interest in legal circles
by reason of the ingenious means taken
by counsel for the defendant to secure
q verdict for his client. Counsel for the
| plaintiff had begun to read what was
alleged to be the proposal Of marriage
| on the uart Of the defendant.
This s"-railed proposal appeared on
q telt graph blank. Turning to the jury
| cnunScI BEGAN with My Darling Ma
RE. At this iuncturn counsel for the
| d"f'hGant Interrupted his colleague at
The bar.
May it please the court, this docu-
nent. being partly printed ana partly
written. cannot. by the rules Of evil
d"iIcc. be offered in part by plaintiff.
Everything on the blank must be read. .
notwithstanding the protests of
| counsel for the plaintiff that the print
ed matter had no relevancy with the
casc-the fact being that the proposal
was written on a telegraph blank bv
2rni1 = 4 IA Of
| that everything on the blank should he
read Accordingly the reluctant coun-
sci for plaintiff was forced to read the
| following:
"Therc shall he no liability on ac-
count of this message unless the same
shall be reneated. and then only on
| condition that the claim shall be made
within 30 days in writing" Then after
the signature followed: "yours deyot-
edly. Harry" together with this n. r..
Read carefully the conditions at the
| top"
I" the great delight of counsel for the
defendant the jury returned a verdict
in his favor within 90 minutes.
m English country clergyman de-
| tecttd thief in the following astute
| manner. A laborer had Informed hir,
that = sack of potatoes had been stolen
| from his garden.
well, WELL said the minister. sI'll
see t. it after service"
~" preached on the eighth command
ment. and ended thus: "And now 7
fdN" sad tai" To tell. One OF On.
neighbors has missed a sack of nota-