Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-05

sured me that she loved her husband
and that she knew her husband lOveU
her, but that he had a habit Of wink
ing at every good looking woman ht
saw" said the lawyer. when ! tolu
her there was no legal redress for her
inasmuch as she said l was fool II
even thought she or her husband want
ed a divorce. she exclaimed that was
the poorest lawyer she had ever heard
Of and left my office in rage"
The same question was put to sever
al other lawyers and an unbelievable,
peculiar assortment of would be clients
was revealed through their answers.
One patent lawyer cited the case o;
man who asked him to represent him
for two months at the patent office III
Washington. II want you to 60 there
stay there and represent me-" he said.
But" interposed the attorney. what
in the world do you want me to do
while am there?"
The man drew his chair close to the
lawyers and in low tones told the at
torney that he mad invented an aero
plane clock" as he called it. and that
he wanted him to go ~ the patent of
fee and prevent ANY other inventor
from sneaking in Il similar invention
while the authorities az. in Il careless
mood
The man seemed to be in his norma
senses despite the fact that his highly
priced Invention WIS absolutely moth
ing more than Il small watch fastened
in a leather case. the sort that may be
seen in stores anywhere When he
had impaired tais information the law
yer pointed out that there was moth
ing lattntablp about his invention
There isn't eh?' shouted the man
Indeed there is. Who has ever
thought before this OF Putting IA clock
in an airShip?"
and said. wouldn't watch in the
aviator's poo ket do as well?"
The man jumped up That's just
the point" he cried 1T would not do
as well. because it might fall out"
Against such logic the attorney said
he found himself helpless. and he told
the man he feared the case was too
difficult for him to handle
Another strange client who visited
patent law. er wanted to secure Il pat
ent on flower clothespin." The lat
ter was an ordinary wooden clothcspin
with u little wire point on top. On the
latter fresh flowers might be stuck
= bAr nJ,
giving the ciotheslines the appeara nee
Of flower gardens" He saw fortune
from the sale of his pins in cities
When tls lawyer assured him that
besides the fact that there was more
sentimentHlity than practicability to
his invention. II Pin stuck in the emf
of the wood would serve just as effec
lively as the "invpnted piece of wire
the client Threatened to bring snit
against him for violation of conf
dencp"
Another patent LAWYER said that the
oldest client who had ever come to
him Wns n Young woman who wanted
his help in getting n patent. literally
on an idea ="
What * your ilpa?" asked the law
yer cnrionslv.
The Young woman refused to tell
him. saving thrt she heSitnted to d.
vul-e the nature of her idea until II
had been secured ny patent 81 won't
trust anybody with it. not even YOU"
she told the lawrer
Like the famous Anneke Jams heirs
there are numerous strange cases of
so called "anrpstnr clients" 10 he had
from the lnwvprs
One ~ The oldest of these Is cited
Ivy New york lawvpr of villa prac-
ti"r "Not long ago" he says There
came tn my ofii.e woman wiz Insist
al that she owned the lower I'arI ~
the Hudson rive" having inherited IT
from lI"u"v Hudson her ancestor 'by
ri"ht of discovery
''lf this seems nm avncgnrntnd case
| shall cite ~ second one thrt is strsn-
ger still Lost winter y MON Who aid
he hid been recommended 10 me H. 81
spirit 1T Snnure hp had nttrnI q
several nights previous. wan'r me to
prove his tire to the hand ,non which
tn" SuhtraaSurv building stnnds He
told me that ii had been given TO an
ancestor of his by George Wash'n~to"
ont of gratitude for the formers loal
of coat during one Of the camnnigns
of the Revolutionary war. Curious
claimants to land through anr 'Stor>
nre regular visitors to LAWYERS Offices
There are hundreds of stories about
them. and the NV" GnOted are fair
criteria. New York Tribune.