Life — October 30, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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Item, To Dreaming you bought up the jury and won To Falling asleep two evenings at the Bar As- sociation while working up brief........... To Receiving a blow on the nose from oppos- ing counsel... . To Asking ‘advice of’ an older lawyer while riding down town.........0ececeeeeee nies To Drawing up nine reams of Complaints and being compelled to redraw or withdraw the same afterwards. seeeenees To Rage, Shame, and consequent heartburn o: hearing it said that the judge had observed to the clerk that I was a ‘‘ consummate ass,” lo. State dréefly, that is, at enormous length, how you would prolong a simple suit for fifty dollars so that it would provide yourself and family with a suitable incom for four- teen years. 11, What answer is to be made to the complaint by an elderly widow of a previous a¢fachment on your part? Of what nature are her pleadings? 12, Have you a céde in your head? If not, had you not better practice self-denial, rather than the law in this State ? 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