Life — October 30, 1884 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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250 ANECDOTE OF JAMES G. WASHINGTON. HEN JamesG.Wash- ington was a youth of tender age, his kind father pur- 9 chased for him a little hatchet with which the youth did not fail to scar and scare a tree which was as the apple— or, to speak with his- torical accuracy, as the cherry of his father’s eye. Viewing the destruc- tion of his favorite tree with alarm and appre- hension, the Grandfather a - LIFE - | GENERAL TERM QUESTIONS FOR LAW STU- DENTS. (From the October Examination Paper.) Le, NDER the statute abolishing beggers, is it lawful to bestow a counterfeit half-dollar upon a tramp without a writ of assistance ? 2. When does a writ of error not lie ? 3. Why is the penalty for embracery of a jury of matrons made so severe ? 4. If it is permissible to kiss infants against their will, why is it unlawful to kiss a female infant of twenty years and | three hundred and sixty-four days ? of his Country called his | offspring to him, and enquired sternly, “Sirrah, who is it that has thus destroyed my cherry-tree ?” “ Father,” replied James G. Washington, firmly, “I cannot tell a lie, | was a deadhead in this enterprise. Someone else must have done it with my little hatchet.” “ My dear son,” cried his father, “ come to my knees, for I | would rather use up every cherry-tree on the plantation on your back, than have you think I could believe a lie like that.” The appointment for the woodshed, however, was not kept, owing to the influence with her husband of James G. Wash- ington’s mother (one of the Phelps family of New Jersey), who declared that, though at first convinced of her son's guilt, she had been induced, upon perusing the subsequent evidence, to alter her opinion. A POSER. A SMALL youth of some six summers whose father is chism by Sunday evening readings from the old Bible stories, found theological difficulties presented by the tale of Shad- rach, Meshach and Abednego. He presented to his master for solution one Monday morn- ing the problem that had vexed his mind during the night. “Tcan't see why it is, mamma. I don’t bend my knee to false idols or worship strange gods, and yet if I put even the tiniest tip of my finger in the fire it burns me.” Doctor Kocn, of cholera German fame, has discov- Dude Microbe, like the some member of the punc- ered the Dude Microbe. The cholera germ, resembles strongly tuation family. accustomed to supplement his dose of church cate- | The latter, as is well known, is shaped like a | conima, and Dr. Koch claims to be able to indubitably prove | the Dude Microbe to be a pure and simple “?" This fact seems to sustain the theory that the creature is a descendant of the “ What-is-it " tribes—a most important discovery in this year of unprecedented Dude epidemic. 5. State the reason why the Roman Canons never made reports ? 6. John Doe, an Ohio Butlerite, cast fifty-three honest votes for the Republican ticket in the last election. State whether this is a legal qualification for a vacancy in the U.S. Supremely Republican Court ? 7. State why it would not make any material difference to any one if all the decisions reported in the N. Y. Reports were reversed? Also, is it always an even point how a judge will decide a point ? 8. State some of the reasons why no fire insurance com- pany of good standing would insure Bob Ingersol’s soul. Why not Ben Butler's soul? If he has none, state the dis- tinction, if any, between Butler and any ordinary gas corpora- ton. 9. State your prices for the items of the following bill to be tendered by you to an amiable and wealthy client. Item, To Discussing your case with my wife, and wife's opinion of it Love IN QUEBEC. Whose ‘ittle embezzler is 00 ? I ‘se oose ‘ittle embezzler. comicbooks.com