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(SoUTHERN RECORDER “ *' 1819. 1 CONSOLIDATED 18<2,
Milledgeville, Gta., Decemeeii 6*. 1887
Number 22.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
BALDWIN SHERIFF S SALE.
W ILL be sold before • the Court
House door, in the City of Mil
ledgeville, during legal sale hours, on
the first Tuesday in Dee., 1887, the
following described property, to-wit:
One house and lot in the city of
Milledgeville, containing one acre,
more or less, and known in the plan
of said city as lot No. 1, in square No.
30, bounded north by Montgomery St.,
east by Warren St., south by lot No.
2 of said square, and better known ns
the place where Phil Raiford now re
sides. Levied on by virtue of a Coun
ty Court 11 fa in favor of Ezekiel Rey
nolds, vs. Phillip Raiford. and as the
property of Phillip Raiford. Defendant
notified Propertv pointed out bv pl’ff.
C. W. ENNIS, Sheriff.
Nov. 8th, 1887. 18 tds
Administrator's Sale.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
B Y VIRTUE of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, grant
ed at the November Term, 1887, will
be sold before the Court House door
in the city of Milledgeville between
the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in December, next, the
following described real estate belong
ing to the estate of W. T. Etheridge
deceased, to-wit: A certain tract of
land lying and being in the 322d Diet.,
G. M., said State and county, adjoin
ing lands of Joseph Etheridge and
others, containing twelve (12) acres,
more or less. Sold to pay debts and
for division among the heirs. Terms
cash. C. W. ENNIS,
18 tds] Administrator.
2-OCiXiC cnu'1‘1
Compare thin with your purchase:
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Administrator's Sale.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
B Y VIRTUE of anorderof the Court
of Ordinary of said county, grant
ed at the October Term 1887, will be
sold before the Court House door in
the City of Milledgeville, between the
legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in December next, the following
described real estate belonging to the
estate of E. Chandler, deceased, to-
wit: A certain tract of land situate,
lying and being in the 115th Dist., G.
M., said State and county, bounded
on the north by lands of L. B. Bliz
zard, east by C. W. Ennis, south by
Thos. Pugh and E. S. Vinson and on
the west by S. G. Gladden, containing
two hundred and six (206) acres, more
or less, known as the E. Chandler
place; sold to pay debts and division
among the heirs at law. Terms cash.
J. B. CHANDLER,
18 tds.] Administrator.
Petition for Letters of Adminis
tration.
GEORGIA. Baldwin County,
Court of Ordinary, Nov. Term, 1887.,
W HEREAS, W. T. Conn has filed
his Petition in said Court for let
ter of administration upon the estate
of Mrs. Elizabeth Carr, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all persons interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
December Term, next, of said court, to
beheld on the first Monday in Decem
ber, 1887, why letters of administration
upon the estate of said deceased should
not be granted to said petitioner as
prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this the 7th day of Nov., 1887.
DANIEL B. SANFORD.
181m.] Ordinary.
Petition For Letters of Dismission.
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EDITORIAL. GLIMPSES
Mareli 29, 1887.
28 cw ly
House for Rent.
A GOOD seven room house for rent
on reasonable terms, located on
Jefferson street. Apply to
C. L. CASE.
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 4, ’87. 13tf
Dentistry.
DR. H MTcLARKEi
llfOliK of any kind performed In ac-
** cordance with the latest and most Im
proved methods.
as. Office In Callaway’s New Building.
Milledgeville. Ga., May 15th, 1888. 44
GEORGIA, Baldwin County,
Court of Ordinary, Oct. Term, 1887.
W HEREAS, L. Carrington, Execu
tor upon the estate of Emmie
DeLaunay Nisbet, deceased, has tiled
his petition in said court for letters of
dismission from his trust as such Exec
utor.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all persons interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
January term next of said court, to
be held on the first Monday in Jan
uary, 1888, why letters of dismission
from said trust should not be grunted
to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this October the 3rd, 1887.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
13 3m.] Ordinary.
For Sale
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[Y PLANTATION of 1,400 acres,
situated 6 miles from Milledge-
ville in Baldwin and Wilkinson coun
ties, on the Oconee river. One of the
finest stocks ftlirms in Georgia. A
thousand acres under fence. Henne
ry and cattle stables recently built.
Six acres young orchard. Comforta
ble dwelling, commodious out-lioases.
Also, 100 head graded Jersey Cattle,
4 Mules, 50 Hogs, fine Engine, Gin
and Grist Mill, Agricultural Imple
ments, in fact, everything needed on
a first-class farm. Terms easy.
JAMES L. SIBLEY.
Milledgeville, Ga.
Nov. 22,’87. 201m.
Peterkin^Cotton Seed.
t HAVE 200 bushels of Peterkin
1 Cotton Seed, (1400 lbs. of seed cot
ton will make 500 lbs. lint,) to ex
change, one bushel for two of com
mon seed. The exenange must be
made before Christmas.
W. A. JARRATT.
Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 22, ’87. 20 5t.
aple syrup at 50c. quart at Frank
10 tf.
R. W. ROBERTS,
Attorney-A.t-ljaw,
Milledgeville, Ga.
P ROMPT attention given to nil business en
trusted to nis care, i dllcu In room formerly
occupied by Judge IJ. B. Hanford.
Dec. 1, 1S6T. 22 ly.
G. T. WIEDENMAN^
MERCHANDISE BROKER,
Milledgeville, Ga.
Office in Bank Building.
Jan. 11, 1887. 27 tf
Dr. W. A. MOORE,
O FFERS bis professional services to the peo-
pie < f Milledgeville, Baldwin county and sur
rounding country. When not professionally
engaged, lie will be found during the day at Ills
office and residence next door east of Masonic
Hall
Milledgeville, Ga., Apr. 20, 1R80. 41 tf
HOLMES’ SURE CURE
MOUTH-WASH and DENTIFRICE.
Cures Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Sore Mouth. Sore
Throat, Cleanses the Teeth and Purifies the
Breath: used and recommended bv leading den
tists. Prepared by l)rs. J. ]». & \v. K. Holmes,
Dentists, Macon, Ga. For sale by all druggists
and dentists.
Aug. 5th, 1887.
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February Utb,. 1887. ly,
For Sale.
A Desirable Residence at Midway.
O NE and a half miles from Milledge
ville, four acres laud with large
dwelling containing eleven rooms,
with servants’ house, (two rooms'
large smoke-house, cow-house, forage
house, carriage-house, stable, fowl-
house, all in good condition, with ex
cellent well water, fine pear and peach
orchard. The locality is very healthy
and within twq hundred yards of the
Midway depot where passenger train
stops twice each day. (Price, *1000.00)
Also a good family Horse, price *100.
BETHUNE & MOORE,
Real Estate Agents.
Milledgeville, Sept. 27, 1887. 12 lm
Stationery for sale at wholesale aud
retail, at the Union-Recorder office.
Flounces have come in again.
A street railroad is to he built from
Covington to Oxford.
Many LeConte pear trees about Al
bany have borne two good crops this
year.
In New Y’ork on the 22dult., a cloth
ing firm gave away 1,000 overcoats to
poor boys.
The statement is made that *1,000,-
000 worth of chewing gum is used ev
ery year by the American girl.
A piano that had seen service for
over a hundred years, and had music
in it still, fetched but *1 at an auction
the other day in Reading, Pa.
John W. Young, Brigham Young's
oldest son. is said to be suceessfu^bus
iness man and a shrewd builder of
railroads in Utah Territory. Helms
only three wives.
A Nashville undertaker is authority
for the statement that, in accordance
with the dying request of a lady bur
ied in that city recently, her new
bonnet was interred with her.
One of the Brooklyn theatres dis
plays a sign announcing that umbrel
las are lent to patrons of the house on
nights when a rain storm begins dur
ing the performance.
Little Miss Lizzie Bell Sinclair, of
Everittstown, N. J., celebrated her
12th birthday recently by completing
a,bed quilt that contains 11,210
pieces.
Why do all the fashion magazines
and newspapers print fashion plates
that are suitable for slender women
only? Are there no fat women to be
pleased?
The American Missionary Associa
tion 1ms buildings and lands worth
*576,000, endowment funds wortli
*129,000, and trust funds amounting
to *70,000. Its receipts last year were
*306,761 and its expenditures *298,783.
Capt. Mackenzie, tile famous chess
player, was pitted against thirteen of
the best chess experts in Boston one
night last week. Thirteen was an un
lucky number for the Bostonians, for
they lost eight games and won but
three, while two were drawn.
Rev. Dr. HalJ, of the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church in Brooklyn read
President Cleveland’s Thanksgiving
proclamation from the pulpit on Sun
day, with the remark that it was one
of the few papers of the sort he had
seen which he fully approved of.
Marshal P. Wilder’s latest hit is the
toast which the modest Irishmun
drank to the Englishman: “Here’s to
you ns good as you are and here's to
me as biul as I am, but ns good as you
are find as bad as I am, I'm as good
as you are as bad as I am.”
The death of an eleven year old
hoy from narcotic poisoning from ex
cessive cigarette smoking again calls
public attention to a growing evil.
The tobacco habit is particularly in
jurious to tile young, especially when
it assumes the form of cigarette smok
ing.
A statistical publication recently is
sued by the German government
deals with the time of year at which
crimes are committed. The year tak
en is 1883, and of the 390,760 crimes of
all kinds committed then it is possible
to fix tlie month of their occurrence
in 317,404 cases.
Francis Murphy, the temperance
worker, still is actively employed,
though lie makes no fuss about it.
He is now on bis fifth week of success
ful work in Chicago. He absolutely
refuses to admit that prohibition or
sumptuary laws can keep men from
being drunk, etc.: but preaches that
belief in Jesus Christ and a changed
heart is the only cure for drunken
ness.
Is there anyone who still sneers at
the white-horse-red-haired-girl theo
ry? Let him read this: A Nashville
man stood in n pool room, undecided
how to place his money. He glanced
out of the window as a girl with red
hair passed by, saw her. whirled
around, bet his money on the only
gray horse in the race, and won a big
pot of money.
When the principal of a seminary
for girls in Washington, Pa., started
to take her scholars home from
church the other Sunday evening, she
found the usual crowd of young men
waiting outside the doors. She made
the girls go back, much against their
will, and would not budge until a po
liceman, whom she sent for, made the
boys go away.
Mrs. Cleveland will resume her af
ternoon receptions about the middle
of December. At these receptions on
ly those ladies with whom Mrs. Cleve
land is socially intimate, the wives
and daughters of the members of the
diplomatic corps, the members of the
families of Cabinet Ministers and Sen
ators and others who are in “the
White House circle” are expected to
be present. They are not intended
for the general public, but simply to
give Mrs. Cleveland an opportunity
of seeing her many friends just in the
same way that the wife of any other
prominent personage is'ut home on
certain afternoons to her social ac
quaintances. During the winter Mrs.
Cleveland will hold three and perhaps
four afternoon public receptions at
which anybody can pay his or her
respects to the ludy of the White
House. Mrs. Cleveland will be as
sisted by the ladies of the Cabinet and
such other ladies as she may invite.
These receptions lust winter were at
tended by thousands, and so great
was the crush mauy people were una
ble to gain admittance to the White
House.
The Final Decision in Atlanta.
The notice of contest has been with
drawn and Ordinary Calhoun lias (le
ctured the result of the election in At
lanta. The majority “for the sale”
was 1,128. The law will go into effeet
immediately and bar-rooms will be
opened as soon as licenses are obtain
ed from the city council. Bar rooms
will not be allowed in the residence
streets.
Abuse in the Customs' Service.
So far as we have seen in the ex
tended discussion in the papers of
the tariff question for some mouths
past no notice has been taken of the
abuse in the service. In our discus
sion of the question we alluded to its
abuse some year or more since.
Among its venal beauties we should
not overlook the establishment of
offices at some places that produce
scarcely any revenue at all. It is
proper to say that in establishing
them, it was not known whether they
would be useful or not, but' when it
was found that they yielded little or
no revenue to the government, we
cau conceive of no reason for their
continuance unless it was to furnish
revenue to the officers appointed to
superintend them. Ho far as the pro
tective tariff is concerned we have
never seen a single fact advanced and
proven by a protective writer, or
speaker, to show that the protective
policy advanced a single general in
terest in the United States. We claim
to know as much about the protec
tive tariff as most men do, for, as an
editor anil politician, we studied it to
its depths fifteen or twenty years at
an early period of life, and have
given still further study for all the
years since. We are not proposing,
now, to expose its evils but to show
some of the abuses in the Customs’
service. But few people are aware of
the great loss of the public funds in a
large number of Custom houses that
are totally unnecessary many of
which are mere sinecure-. There are
about seventy of them which are
sustained at u great expense. We
cite a few, merely as examples of the
wrong that is being done, taken from
offices in various States. For instance,
in Castine, Maine, the cost is *4,882
and the revenue amounts to about
*500. In Wiscasset, Maine, the cost
is *3,569, and the revenue is *662. In
Saco, same State, the cost is over *800
and the revenue is *16. Such was the
case some years since. It may be
some more, or less now.
We give the following list as it was
a few years ago:
Coni.
Revenue.
Barnstabe, Mass.,
..*6,475
*402
Edgarton, “
.. 4,816
855
Bristol, R. I.,
.. 1,590
none
•Dunkirk, N. Y.,...
... 2,192
20
Beaufort, N. 0.,
... 2,194
13.84
Teche, La.,
... 7,043
235
Sandusky, O.,
Duluth, Minn.,.. .
... 2,824
618
... 6,000
300
This is a fair average of the whole
seventy where the tariff duties yield
any revenue at all. But the worst
feature in this matter is there were
between 20 and 50 offices that didn't
yield a cent of revenue and yet cost
nearly forty-live thousand dollars.
This large sum of money was regu
larly paid to the collectors at those
places who, while collecting nothing
for the government, collected their
large bounties for doing nothing!
What were these three and four thou
sand dollars salaries paid for? The
reason is self-evident It is for parti
san purposes. These ports that in
many cases pay nothing, and in most
ol them cost three or more times as
much as*-is obtained in revenue, are
wilfully-4vept up to enable the two
hundred and sixty-five officers in
charge of them to help keep the re
publicans in power, and the same
swindling, or, perhaps, it would be
better to say, prodigal policy, runs
through all the departments. Many
men act more from habit than redac
tion, and it is questionable whether
the Republican managers could
change their political habits, even if
they desired a change.
a The opposition on the part of
office-holders and managers, would
be too great for the political virtue
of the few who desire a change.
There ought to he reform in this and
in many other tilings, and the only
hope of obtaining it was in a change
of administrative power. Habit is a
regulator of the mind, and with a
large majority of the people, is more
iutluential than precept. Men long
accustomed to deviation from right,
cease to deem them to be wrongs. As
before stated, the only hope was in
a change, and a change was made.
At the first opportunity the Demo
crats made an effort in the Morrison
bill to f ulltll its promises to the people.
A democratic President was ready to
place his signature to a tariff reform
bill, but democratic energy was wast
ed in the effort to fullfil the promises
of the great democratic convention
which nominated Mr. Cleveland for
the Presidency by the refusal of Mr,
Randall and his professed democratic
followers to sustain a tariff reform
bili. The infirmity of mind, the
treachery or whatever it may be term
ed, of these men, may again defeat
the Democratic movement for reform.
We hope not, bift if they do, no a-
mount of intellectual culture, no pro
fessions of democratic loyalty can
save them from withering democratic
censure. We withhold severer criti
cism.
The Davis Fund.
Some time ago a movement was
started in Macon to raise a fund for
the relief of Mr. Jefferson Davis.
Liberal contributions came from
many citizens of Macon and from oth
er parts of Georgia. From several
other states of the South have come
liberal and hearty responses. But the
Davis fund will not materialize into
practical form for reasons which are
expressed in the following card :
To the Public: The movement
which originated in Macon, for the
purpose of raising a fund for the ben
efit of Hon. Jefferson Davis and fami
ly, was inaugurated without their
knowledge. Upon information de
rived from the press, Mrs. Davis
promptly wrote J. M. Johnston, Esq.,
and Colonel Win. H. Ross, deprecat
ing the movement, The position of
the family will he understood from
the following extract taken from a
letter from Mrs. Davis recently re
ceived:
"If anything could endear mo
more to our friends in Macon it would
be the solicitude manifested for our
welfare, through tlie love felt for my
husband, hut my dear sir, let me en
treat you to let us thunk you for the
effort, but deprecate the accomplish
ment of it. Both my daughter and
I have received an education which
would stand instead of money. Were
everything to be swept away—which
I do not contemplate—and the bless
ings of freedom and independence are
dearer to us than wealth and ease,
and we should not be comfortable un
der this monied obligation to those
who have given a far greater boon to
my husband already—their hearts.
I have been thus frank with you be
cause as Montaigne says: It is you and
it is I. 1 hope you will act upon my
letter.”
Under the circumstances the com
mittee having the matter in cinirge
have thought best to abandon 1 it alto
gether and requests the public press
to call attention to the fact.
Respectfully,
J. M. Johnston,
W. H. Ross,
J. F. Hanson,
S. R. jAquES,
B. C. Smith,
Committee.
The beautiful words of Mrs. Davis,
which are quoted, bespeak the senti
ment which lias ever characterized
the family. Aware of their noble
self-reliance and their proud spirit,
which no affliction lias sufficed to con
quer, tiie committee of Macon gen
tlemen who originated the proposed
Davis fund did all they could to con
ceal their enterprise from its prospec
tive beneficiaries. But they have dis
covered it, and they “deprecate” its
success. Consequently there is but
one course to be pursued, and that
is the course which t he committee has
adopted.—Macon Telegraph, 30th
Nov.
Death of Charnell Hightower Who
Was Struck With a Rock.
Many preparations professedly
harmless, prove exceedingly danger
ous, but Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup is safe
at all times. Price 25 cents.
[From the Atlanta Constitution, 1st.]
Charnell Hightower, the young
man who was struck by a negro Sat
urday night last, oil Ivy street, die
yesterday morning at the St. George
hotel in the James’ bank block.
His remains will be sent to Fort
Valley for interment.
The young man's death was due to
circumstances needing an invest.iga
tion, and soon after In* breathed hi
last, which was about six o'clock in
the morning, Coroner Haynes was
notified. Later in the day the coroner
with Dr. Robert Westmoreland, the
county physician, and a jury of in
quest called at the hotel. There was
but little evidence before the jury
apart from a statement which he had
made previous to his death. In that
statement the young mini said:
“I was walking down Ivy street,
near tlie hospital, and met throe or
four negroes, and one of them asked
me if I was wet or dry. I did not
answer, and attempted to pass on.
The crowd then got in front of me
and insisted that I tell them if 1 was
wet or dry. I replied that 1 wus both
blit this did not satisfy them and I
had to tell them the truth, that 1 was
dry. I then moved rapidly away,
fearing trouble, when a rock struck
me on the left side of my head, just
behind the ear. 1 did not know the
negroes, and don't know as I ever saw
them before.”
It was about half past ten when
Mr. Hightower made the statement
uud in u short time he wus asleep.
About three o’clock Sunday morning
he awoke and complained of being
very sick. During the day Sunday,
however, he improved and on Mon
day no change of a serious character
was observed. On Tuesday lie be
came worse, complaining of inteitse
f iain iu Ills head and soon became de-
irious. Drs. Nicholson, Stiles and De-
vine were called in and discovered
concussion of the brain. Everything
that could be doue to secure relief
was done but without any good. The
jury decided that an autopsy was es
sential, and after making one render
ed the following verdict:
“We, a coroner’s jury this day im
paneled to inquire into the cause of
Charnell Hightower, here lying dead,
find from the evidence adduced (mil
the opinion of the county physician,
after autopsy made iu our presence,
that the deceased came to liis death
from effusion of blood on the brain
from a blow reoeived last Saturday
by a rock thrown by some unknown
party.”
Mr. Hightower had been oonneoted
with Kuna’s photograph gallery for
years, and was a young tnan of fine
character. He was a member of St.
Haul’s Methodist church and of the
Young Men’s Prohibition club.’ His
sudden and violent death createdqufte
a feeling, and was discussed all over
the city. Everybody deplores the
tragic event, and judging by the talk
yosterday it would go hard witli the
guilty persons if they should be
found.
The funeral will take place from
prohibition headquarters at 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
♦ ♦
Washington Letter,
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Nov. 29, 1887.
Editors Union Recorder:
Already I have reported to you the
current capital gossip concerning the
Cabinet changes—that Mr. Lamar
will be translated to the Supreme
Bench, that Postmaster General
Vilas is to succeed him, anil that Mr.
Dickinson of Michigan, will be the
latter’s successor. Still another rumor
is that Mr. Whitney expects to resign
from the Cabinet unless his health
greatly improves within the next two
months, his friends claiming that a
man of the vast wealth and great
social prominence of the present
Secretary of the Navy, cannot
afford to endanger his existence by
further devoting himself to the onerous
duties incumbent upon him.
Many New York Democrats were
extremely solicitous for the President
to go to ids old home at Buffalo and.
vote in the late election, and muck
disappointment was felt that he did
not gratify public expectation in that
respect. But the President had a
good reason for absenting himself, as
he hail learned from trustworthy
sources, that his presence at the polls
would have been the occasion of au
undignified and unseemly demonstra
tion on the part of a club of intensely
partisan Republicans, as it was their
unpatriotic purposes to challenge Mr.
Cleveland’s right to vote, on the
ground that he is not now a legal
resident of Buffalo. In view of this
exposed conspiracy, it is doubtful
if Air. Cleveland again votes (luring
his Presidency, and when his motive
is understood, it will he applauded by
all unbiased minds.
Messrs. Carlisle and Randall are
both in the city, and while neither
is willing to take the public Into his
confidence, through the medium of
the press, it is highly probable that
these great leaders may have an infor
mal conference before the meeting
of Congress, with the view of muking
the two wings of the Democracy ilap
together on the tariff question, iu the
language of Mr. Randall during a
speech in the Forty-ninth Congress.
The forthcoming report of Secretary
Fair child is awaited with no ordinary
degree of interest by the financial
world, as it is expected that he will
take advanced ground oil the ques
tions of the Treasury surplus, and the
silver currency. That the Secretary
is laboriously ami carefully applying
himself to the important undertaking
that devolves upon him, is^ evidenced
by the fact that to accomplish it lie
hiis for several days confined himself
to the privacy of hi ( home, in order
not to be diverted from his work by
visitors to tiie Department.
Secretary Lamar iu tiis report,
which is completed but not yet pub
lished, recommends that the Inter-
State Commerce Commission he de
tached from tiie Interior Department
and made directly responsible to
Congress or tiie President for its acts,
as at present the Secretary of the Inte
rior only officiates in the capacity of
disbursing officer for the Commission
—it appearing that lie lias no jurisdic
tion over that body at iilh
There is a great pressure of business
at tiie General Land Office in the way
of issuing agricultural patents, 2400
having been made out during the
past,month, and others in cou rse of pre
paration will increase tiie number to
5,000 for the month of November,
which almost putrivals any previcRis
record.
The balance of power in the United
States Senate is lodged with the rol
licking Riddleberger, the Senator from
Virginia, who holds in the hollow of
hisliaud the political future of three
Democratic claimants to seats—
Messrs. Lucas and Faulkner, of West
Virginia, and Mr. Turpie, of Indiana.
Senator Riddleberger states that he
will endeavor to act as conscientious
ly iu these controversies as if he were
on the Supreme Bench of the United
States.
The Republican Senate has more
than enough chairmanships to go
around—there being forty-seven Sen
ate committees to only thirtjr-
eight Republicans Senators, and so is
likely that the majority party will
very generously bestow the nine sur
plus places on their Democratic breth
ren.
Freedom of Speech Protected.
A Detroit lawyer who had a case
before one of the township justices
subjected a witness to much brow
beating and wound up with:
“Were you ever in jail?”
“Ask me another question of the
sort and I’ll lick you until you can’t
holler,” was the prompt response.
“Your Honor," began the lawyer,
“I demand that—”
“And if he can’t I’ll help him! in
terrupted the justice, as he began to
push up his sleeves.