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VOL. I. i'iiv, C.uil *’ L’ Is published every Saturday, by F. L U 0 HIXSON, Winr rent on Geo. at three dollars per annum . which may be discharged by two dollars and fifty cents if paid within sixty days of the tune of subscribing JUDGE Clt AXE. Shortly after the first republi an constitution of the State of N *w York w s framed, and the judiciary system whs established fur tue civil depart menu the supreme court, or th.v branch of it called the ‘circuit court, w<’S appointed for me of the circuits in the county of Dutchess and the ec centric Judge Crane was to preside. Judge Crane was very wealthy, and lugnly resp cted for his public ami private virtues, especially fur Ins charitableness to the p *<*•; but he al ways appeared in 8 {>l *in garb, ami would hardly ever Wear an overcoat, w hatever the weather might be, ami it was seldom that lie r *de when lie went abroad, although he o\vn*d ma ny valuable horses. On the morning of the dav in whi- h the court was to begin, the Judge set out before day and walked gently on, through hail, rain and snow, to the appointed pi ice. On arriving at Poughkeepsie, cold and wet, lie walk ed to a tavern, where he found the 1 1 milady and her servants were mak ing 1 trge preparations for the enter* taioment of the judges, lawyers, and other gentlemen, whom they expected Would attend rhecir tiit court* rite Judge wis determined to have some sport, and in a pleasant tone * J-! dressed the landlady—l have n in n ( >y and was obliged t > come to emi’ f , a-.d I have walk and through this dread ful stor a, in ire than twenty mdee. I a u wet and cold, dry and huogrv; ! wa it something to eat hes .re the c mrt b gins; -when the landlady p i shrr i l? in a magisterial posture, and put ting on a countenance of cin eii , anil to the Judg\ you say you are w t and cold, dry and hot; how can all to it b- i No l Wis wet and cold, and if you usd ieeu ou< as I mg as I have been in this at or u S t <i ik yu would | likewise he wet and cold. I said that 1 wanted something to drink and eat. B it yo i have n > m ney you say* re* toted the landlady. I told you the! truth, says the Judge, the wsole truth, and no hiog hut th<* truth, hut were 1 as ri h s Croesus, I w mid he willing to work for ho nothing to eat and to drink. “Croesus, who is Croesus?” ffl y S the lady. I never knew him. s id the judge, blit I have understood that he was very rich. I want s nne tliiog to drink, and were 1 as poor as Jo’i in his utmost calamity, and has! iriy health and strength as well as I now have, 1 would willingly go to Work a little, wuile. if l could on y g‘s 8 unetliing to drink and a bite oi g°od victuals.’ Well, old daddy, says she. how much do you want to drink: Haifa gill of good brandy, madam, shvs he. Very well, says she, I will give you half a gill and some cold vict u U if you will go into the back yard autf cut and split three armfulls of wood, and bring it into the kitchen, where the servants want to make a good fire to dry the gentlemen’s great coats when they come, stnd alter y >•* get your victuals, I shall want you * go away. Well, says he, give me the brandy, and I’ll soon bring the wood—He drank the liquor and walk ed quietly into the wood yard, where he found a good axe, and he soon laid by the kitchen fire the proper quanti ty of wood, viz; his arms three times full. The landlady had got his cold luncheon on the table, in hoprs that he would eat and be off—now for the good bite of victuals, says the J udge. There it is said she coldly. And it is I• • * .I V* -* v * llli so wet, fur I see n other tea, nor cof fee, nor chocolate to wet it. Beggars mist not be cho sees, said she. I un not begging ofym iindun, s.iid h ; int have paid the full p i e and -molded, f t dil you, slid she, I would give y mi old victuals, and there *w dd boil ‘d h-irt. cold p >rkand heel', c id p >1 aloes, iud tur ‘ips, and cold vinegar pickles, ind soup, am! if you wnil. any tiling out. there is mustard aid pepper, and here is good bread g iud ho tel*, aid :and cheese, and *!i good eunugu f*r luefi au old ragamulfi 1 os vOl are. It is all very good, said m-, pie suit I), but mada r. be so good a-* to 1 1 me some new milk, w mu, riglr fr un the row, to wet this good vn-i ----1 vis. The cows are nt rndked, sns she. Then let me !i ive abo'l nf cold nilk, said he. 1 will not semi tics< *• vants in this storm t the sp ing hoiiv 1 0 skim it for yu said she. S idle with a pleasant smile, dear mad in, I have ago *d Wife at home older tli n you are, who Would gout in . worse storm than this, to milk the cows, and tiring the milk to the p orest man im eartil at his iequcg;,*or to tiring the milk from the spi tog house, cream and alt without skimming, to teed tit most abject ni the liurtitn rue. You have a very good wife at home, says she. Indeed I hav , said he, ami she keeps my cl dlies clean Had whole, and not withstanding you rail dt me “ m old rag imuHio,’* I am null ashamed to apper aomad in the; and tlies I vv ur, i 1 any good comp my. W *d, I qust confess, aays she, tli it win*.l v**Uave your broad tirimm and li off. ymi look mi Idling well, bu I want yMi to cat r. i*.. wr| wnt tb. fire to dry Uie g n le.ien\s greatcoats and u mdias y; aid a -111 mg the rest, we expert .1 udg’- Li anc. .1 idge CrAie, says the judge. Win is Judge Croie? i’.u* circuit Judge, say* ail •, one of lito supreme Judges you old f *!, >V.-i| savs die judge, t will bet goose th it J udg * Or ioe li.ts not 001,. and will not h*ve gr-at oat ou ‘"S ha k.or an umbrella *v r hi a head this day. Y u old go se, said sir-, I car nothing for your b.-is. li *t an ihe od. I tell you Judge, Crane is to be nert and we*ve n* io kii Ir you. I du 1 care said lie, me rye straw o re to Judge Crane, titan ! do t ir Uiysvll, and It has got to be so late, that it tie teas to com* u*is time <*f ’he day, he w uld more lik ly go directly > the jeourt house, and stay until dinner time, than go to any tavern, and *• business was very urg nt, lie would bo very likely to stay ivvay even Iron dinner. I know something abou tin old codger, and some people say he is a very rusty, crusty* old Judge. Pretty talk, indeed, says the lainll* dy, about the supreme Judge. Now |, a * your cold cheer, and be off, or b*- off without eating, just as you pie is.-. j| tell you, says tie judge, Judge Crane 13 not the supreme judge, and if he were, he is no more fit to be a judge than I am. Well, now be off ! with yourself, s;y9 she. Don’t be i'• iso great a hurry, said he, mildly. I wish to know who is the landlord here? i wish to kn vv where lie is? H<- is the high sheriff of the county, and wont be home till night; but il he were here you would not stay long. W.H, madam, said he, give us a cup *f i der to wet ny victuals, if you wont give me milk. Not a drop, says hoi j ladyship- Tin* Judge who had now got pretty well warmed and dried, and wished for his breakfast, put on a stern countenance, and positively declared he would not leave the rooiu land fire until he pleased. Hot added ; he. if you will grant my request, I j will eat and be off. The cider was >niinediateJy brought, and tire judge Vtiiii* ntoii. August Jo, 1828. . t, > o. ii iiiy to me mIU! 00 be fu-c him, took Ins broad brimoied hat, and gently walked to the court house, where lie foil id g iod fir-s and clean 11 ors, and during the court hours he presided with dignity a and propriety. When the judge withdrew, the land lady anxiously look- and after him tor some 1 time, as he walked steadily on towards j die court house, supposing aim to be some poor man summoned op to court hs a witness, or some culprit, or some vaga-j l> nd who mi-glit give her further trouble 1 ;ki time of cou* is, and expressed to her -enants a desire that they would see 1 that he did not disturb the g-mtlem n and the jol ‘A who ought nut up there, j White sotn * of the girls and clared that if he did come, they w mid u-e -ome ol his own expiessions which lie u>ed icspecl mg Judge Crane. L*t me s- e, says one ‘rusty, crusty, ’ and yes, ‘fusty uld fudge,’ s* vs mi ‘tlvr. When dinner was announced, the court. ot being thronged, was mini dtutely ad j. mined, and the duv b ing stormy aud cold, the j olge- and lawyers poured into the sheriff', tavern, wtiere they were sure of rood li.es and a good fare, all ex cept judge Crane, wh * walked to a store and pm chased a va y ble -hawl, and put it in his pt.cket on the in side of Ins coat, then walked quietly to the tavern While be was tiiUs detuned the landlady enter ed I lie dimng room and earnestly inquir ed if Judge Crane had come ur Hie un swer was, ‘not y t, madam, and perhaps Im may not come.’ Ihe landlady, who was anxi iu- to pay the highest respect to rh. supreme judge, retired to the kit’ hen, not a little chagrined ami disappointed. 1 1 he mean time the judge an ived, and being t ju p* r times v.-iy soci bi *, and a: all tunes fond ol cheering the minds of tho-e present, he b gan o make some pertinent lemarks. and to tell some live ly anecdot'.s, intended to convey good in >a!,. urii.c.h.so** lb.- wiiole r.oinininV lot > an uproar ot lau;hter. An 1 af this In stant, o ie of the wai ing m uds entered the room to inform the gentlemen that they might sit down to dinner. She did her I errand and Hasten-d b.o k o her mistress] with the tiding., that the .dd fusty wirti his bund brimmed hit m a nong die barehe >d and %y illg as 1.,uil as tie Co^^y‘ ,,( l ‘Hpw Juog es aid lawyers w at bin. Piled go, said sh” and fwnisper to tii dd mn that I wi-h nun to come into ill kit. lien. Tne errand was done accord mjy. a.d Uie judge in a low tone ..1 voice s.od to the girl, ell y<*ur im-tre 1 hove tittle business to and- wth some ol toese lawyers, and when done. I*l* be ;, tl 10 the course J wo or threed*y- i h ■r id returned iod f* tiifully reuearsed the ?ne-,ag', and added, tha -he tielieve i tha roe old fellow was and uik or he won id *0 have -ad, as soon a my business i* do e, I II be offin two or three day-’ Well B it y, says die nistress g i back, aid when the gentlemen to s■ (l.wn, do you staid by the head of the able, and wbi-per t > some gentium an tha i wish a vacant place I ft at the head <>! die table fur Judge Crane aid then and * you hasten btek and see that John has rh • a-*d thei liquors in good <*rd r. and Vla.y do v.*u ti 1 two more tureens with gravy,and put one at each end of ‘he 10-xr table. And Ma.tha do you see that all The rlean [dates tor a change are ready; md that the tarts and pies, • ate “ -mod o'der. Betty again repaired to h-i post at the head of the t bt<*, and softly informed the gentle nen of the request ot her mistress ‘Certainly,’ vny* the gen tie man*, and Betty hastened back to as sist John. The gentlemen now Bat dow> to an excellent repast alter a short e j iculatory address to the throne of grace by Judge Crane, in which he adored th- Fath-r of all mercies for feeding all hi creatures throughout the immeosity o! —invoked a blessing on that portim of earthly bounty then before them, and supplicated the divine mercy through ih* merits of our Redeemer; the gentleme j began tocaiveand serve round in u-ua- But as the Judge wa* of a singular tu” in almost every thing, and had taken fancy that if a person eats litrht food the same meal with that which is more solid arid naider of digestion, that tli e iight food should be eaten first; he there’ fore filled his plate with some pudding* made of milk, rice ami eggs, and placing hiulself rather in an aw kud -itu ition with his left eib >w **n the table and his head near the plate, begin to eat arco'ding to his common custom, which was very fist, although he was no great eater. . And some of the gentlemen near ttie judge, followed his example as to the pan ikn.g ot .he [iud ling before the meat} of * our-e a large deep vessel, which hid contained that article, was oenly emptied when Mary approached with her two additional tureens of gravy, according to the com mand of her mistress, and as she set down the last near the Judge, h • says to her m an austere manner, (iud, bung me a clean plate to eat some sal lad on. Ihe abrupt manner in which he addres-ed her, and disgust in seeing him th'-re irf tint position, so disconcerted the poor girl, that she did not observe that any one ex cepting the j *dge had partaken of the pudding ner did she know wh .t he me<*nt by salla* ; but she observed that the large lynltiiug pan was nvarly empty, and th> n hastened back with the utmost speed to her unstress, and addressed her with, Lord, madam, that old fellow's there yet, ami he is certainly crazy or drunk, fir he Is down hi'.lie iabm, ami lias eat**n more than a skippel* of the rice pudding alread y, and has Ins nose right down m a ptale full now, shovelling it in like a hog; and told me as if he was lord of the manor to bring him a clean plate to cats-Had on; Ble-s me where can we g“t sal la J this nine of the year? And the gentlemen have not done carving, and not one has began to eat meat, much less to eat a tub full of pudding. Aye, he’ll g> t a ch an plate, says dartlia, before gentlemen want clean plates. HI clear nun out, says the mistress, and starts for the dining room burning with indignation. .T‘ J 0 --. 1— giving unnecessary ImilbtfL. AfflfllMaMMl where he put >.p f ud generally atd :r was -et before him without •g any remarks, and seldom root.. | ttea.ol riiore a meal; ut at ne observ'd near him, a beiut.ful raw white cabbage, cut Hup and put into vinegar, (which (tie low Dutch at Poughk e;-ie call cld -law, ami which he called saiiaJ.) and <ie wished fir a separate plate to pre pare some of it for bis own fancy.*—The carving and scrying were not yet fin ished, vvtieu he expect-d a cle m plate, •uid when the landlady arrived at the door if th dining room and termi led to drive him out. Sh advanced witn a fir 11 *tep_ o me door, ami fixed her k e. eye stem” ly on the judge, when he turning h s eye t *at way* and observing her, imldlyvaid, Landlady, cau l have a clean plate to eat oue sal lad on? A clean pi i'e a.d sallad! retorted the landlady indig •antly. I wish on would come into th • k tcheu un it g-title neu h've dined; 1 i*ad reer*ed Tins feat for Judge Crane. The Compa ,y were stru k with astonishment, and ,ixed their eyes alternately on the land lady and ou the judge; and at or stood in nu suspense —when the Judge grace • u ly rai-ed himself up in his chair, care lessly fdd 1 tights arms across his breast, tud putting bis head awkwardly on o e ,i,le—You reserved ‘his lor Ju *ge Crane, did you lardlady? Indeed I did, vyg she. It was very kind.S.ys he, in 111 ironical tone, but if you will step to the door and see if he is coining, or send one f the servants to call him, with your per mission and the approbation of these *eo lemen, with whom 1 have 9ome business co do. I will occupy this seat until you -half fi-.d the judge. Find the judge, -aid she, with emphasis, go lo k for Inna . ourself, not send tne nor my servants. 1 ‘ave you your breakfast this looming tor hopping a little w-md, bemuse you said .*u bad 00 money; and I expected you .vould go away quietly and keep awav J uid uow you must come here to wiur •Skippel iB measure of three P e< 8 * <ised tu Holland, instead of ‘he Fmgl.sh lunhel; and the inhabits of Poughke. p ie were mainly Low Dutch at tha ume. INo. 14.