Year: 1874

ner; Seeretary, Frank Henrickson; T+<a.u-
rer, swsnte Anderson.


Upon the complaint of Marshal Dekay,
and At the urgent request Of Constable
Raymond, Mrs. Anna Laughlin made for
NAL visit to Justice Graham on Saturday
last. The Justice, by way Of introduction,
and with view to perfect understanding
at the earliest possible moment, read the
Marshal's complaint to Mrs. L. and opened
the conversation by asking her if she con-
sidered the Marshal perfectly truthful in
his remarks as set forth in that document.
or, in other words. whether she plead gull
ty or not guilty. She replied emphatically
that the Marshal had lied, from which we
inferred the naughty Marshal could never
have read the scripture story of the little
hatchet.


Mrs. L. further Informed the squire that
she was no such woman, that she would 90
to States Prison during the remainder Of
her mortal life, and languish on an iron
bed in chains and bonds until her perse-
cuted spirit should seek more genial cline
in worlds unknown, rather than she would
bring infamy and disgrace upon herself
and her posterity down to the latest gen.
GRAFTON, by pleading guilty to such charge
as that, or words to those effect She fur
ther stated that she was poor, lone, lorn
widow. with two small children to support
which she was doing in decent and
honorable manner by keeping boarders,
doing washing, and renting rooms, and
that if there was any thing wrong going
on in those rooms she was utterly uncon-
scious of that fact, for she kept very Sc
lect class of boaders, and could not believe
they would be guilty of indiscretion, or
words to those effect


She continued the intercourse by remark
ing that other peoples wives might be left
widows and orphans at any moment of
their natural lives and they would then
find the highway to Jordon most difficult
and drearisome road, and no matter how
circumspect they might be in their daily
walk and conversation there would not be
wanting unfeeling wretches like Marshal
Dekay to cast aspersions upon their pure
and blameless lives and to accuse them of
vile practices, whereas they were nothing
Of the sort but muchly to the contrary
thereof altogether, or words to those effect.


This conversation continued until the
Squire intimated he had had enough, and
asked Mrs. L. if she desired to be tried by
her peers, six chosen men of Red Wing
The idea of peers struck her favorably.-
In fact peers was just what she was after,
trot them out. The good Squire then told
her she had better get lawyer, counselor,
an advocate, mediator between herself
and the offended majesty of the lava
juicy man who would fall upon the necks
Of the "peers" and weep barrels of tears,
aud. make the "peers - weep, and the
Court weep, and the wicked Marshal weep
tears of blood. The "mediator" also
struck her. favorably, just the thing she
wanted-precisely.


care you lawyer?" said she to one
Of the fraternity.


Madame" said he, 81 have lived in
this town - years, and do you come here
asking me if am lawyer? Where is
my fame, where is my reputation? Have
shed all these rivers of tears for nothing?
Have plead all these internal long pleas
in vain ? Madame, have. you got any
money about you? ?"


~ have, yer honor"


When the financial transaction was COM
pleted to- the utmost satisfaction of the
wheeper and the whaler upon the basis of
cash in advance, Mrs. L. remarked that
she had no objection whatever to that mode
Of doing business, that in fact it was
plan she had long since adopted and fol-
lowed, and had found it all that its most
ardent admirers had ever claimed for it, or
words to those effect.


The legal gentleman now proceeded to
earn his cash-in-advance by earnestly urg-
ing Mrs. L. to 90 back to the Squire and
plead guilty. We shall not attempt to de-
scribe her absolute disgust. Had she paid
her money to be insulted The legal gen.
tleman said by no means. If she wanted
to try the case he was ready.


The "peers" assembled and took their
places in great dignity. The Justice
opened the great book Of judgment. The
City Attorney came to uphold the dignity