Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1883 — “Contimpt av Coort.” [ARTICLE]

“Contimpt av Coort.”

This reminds us a story told of a Chicago Justice of the Peace. A young lawyer met this Justice on the street, familiarly slapped him on the shoulder saying, “Hello, old cock, how do yon do ?” A few days later the limb of the law had some business before the Justice, and as soon as he stuck his head inside the court-room door he was fined $lO for contempt. He denied *the charge vehemently, but was finally crushed by a recital of his offense and the court’s assurance: “I’ll tache ye, me lad, that this coort is an object of contimpt whenever and wheriver ye may meet it.”— Rock Mountain News. A watchmaker, speaking of what he found in watches, said: “Small pieces of iron, tobacco, splinters of wood, and once I found a louse. Hairs frequently get into watches. I have found them coiled up and drawn tightly about the wheels. ”