The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Peasly, MS white wnlskers Dristnns
in anger. He's got ter take It ter q
court OF probate
"'This court must pass upon the va.
lidity of the will before deciding
whether you are guilty a. charged
said Tib, stoutly. And as for the
physical aspect Of the court, your outre
metaphor will cost you Ave dollars.
Brother Remmy, what have you to
say? ~ $50
"T say this is no will cried Mr..
Remmy, trying to throttle his clients
into silence. The statutes say VIII
must he In writing--'
"'If done on typewriter It's bind.
ing jeered Mr. Bllger.
Printed characters eare certainly
within the statutes, decided Tlb.
"But not on cows!' gasped Mr..
Remmy. pressing his tremulous hands
to his fevered brow.
"'The testator certainly had right
TO execute his will on one COW,
howled Mr.. Bilger, swapping his
fingers under his opponents nose.
And where does the law draw the
line and invalidate mans sovereign
prerogative and declare, di cluckum
nozzun, that he shall he relegated to
one cow What II he owns two small
cows and must use them instead OF
one large COW? Is he freeman or a
slave? Must he swap the two crit.
ters for one? In the words OF JUS.
! tinian In hoe signo yincosl
Trying TO, stln me with their
boarding house French muttered Tib.
in my dazed ear. Then sternly, to
Mr. Bilger: Honi soft qui NAL y
pense. Sit down, sir And poor Bill.
ger wilted while Mr.. Remmy, who
| had buttod into other courts. spun on
his heel and dizzily staggered against
the wall
~ am of the opinion continued
| Tib -erayeIy tapping the Unabridged
impressively, that man has a right
"a legal right-to execute binding
will on the side Of his house, on a
| fence, or to spell 1t in colored pcb.
tbles on his lawn. But II man util.
| ICES the method in controversy II
would seem he were guilty of contrib
Il
utory negligence
THAT'S right jedge,' cheered Mr.
Turner. enthusiastically.
| "Silence in the court. Oyez, oyez
and oyezl'I warned. beginning to feel
saucy from my semi-offcial position.
." But his negligence does not neces
sarily invalidate his will concluded
L ie. tal LIT IN a
chance
"rHooray,' cheered Hiram.
"'Charge up five dollars against
that person IL he becomes ebullient
again, Billy. directed the court.
"If the court please, scared Mr.
Remmy. after whispering in his
clients ears, we contest the will on
the ground the signature Is forged. We
have samples of the alleged testator's
Handwriting here, and would Offer
them In evidence
lib looked puzzled for a moment
and finally conceded that the contest
ants were entitled to dispute and dis
prove the. signature by offering genu
Inc copies of the decedents chi
Biography iu evidence, and the defend
ants patted each other on the back N
glee. But, added my Daniel, the
contradictory evidence-and here tn,
pages of Noahs big book buzzet
busily as Tib raced through the pom
derous volume TO the list OF quota
tions from foreign languagss-'mus
be Similia similibus curantur. or o
a like nature, or, in the nature OF ;
signature on a COW. OF course, |
man would sign his name differentl!
when writing on a COW than he woulC
In using fountain pen on super.line,
bond, Ahem.
And as husky wight beat a crippl,
across the road to the tavern. where
from my elevated position, / could SCI
they were drinking nervously from
bottle, Mr.. Bilger arose and joyousl!
proclaimed: The only thing for then
to do is to swear In an expert on cow
writing.
AN on hosses. too supplement
ed the hired man.
~ could now see Tib was in prett.
deep water, and that the responsible
lty was wearing on him, and Will,
motioning me to look up some NOR
Iphrases to have on friendly tap, h,
tried to shift the line of thought b.
ruling that in future the impatien
and initiated beasts should be re
ferred to as such and such a claus
In the will, or as a codicil.
by this time. sir, We had tn
weather-beaten, bewhiskered audience
In sickly trance. and old Deacon
Mumby limped out to gather new wis
dom across the road And as h
blindly paused and attempted to fore
gather the age of Codicil Number On
by looking at his teeth, he received
severe kick which led him to belabo
the poor brute with his cane. II re
quired all Of This official zeal I
cause him TO hesitate.
"'Dod rot him! He kicked me-
complained the deacon. IN sue II
Duzer II this turns out ter be hi
, Iwill.'
After the old man had been toll
few wholesome truths about Tn
, sacred nature of last wills and testi
, n,anta nd xuhruot MT IN t,aaddla x.,it