Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1885 — A Complicated Case. [ARTICLE]

A Complicated Case.

Larry Rafferty—Jedge, Oi wants the arrist av me nixt door naybor; he licked me turrible this doy mornin’ Judge (interrupting)—On wliat grounds V “Phwat ground is oit ? Me own back yard, to be sure, and ” “Hold on,” said the Judge. “I mean, what is your reason for wanting him arrested ?” “Me rayson ? Oi didn’t hev anny afther the foist blow, far he knocked me insinsible an’ me rayson lift me, so oit did, an’ ” “Sb, sh, 8top! That is not what I mean. What I want to know is, why, and for what, you wish to bring suit?” “Oi doidn't broing anny; thase aur awl the clothes Oi liev; luk at thim! awl tored, entoirely ruined by ” “Tut, tut, quit, "hold on! Ah, here comes the City Attorney; you can give him your complaint. ” “The divil a complaynt Oi hev; Oi’m az biltliy a mon az ” The Judge made’a break for the door, thoroughly disgusted, went down stairs to a convenient saloon and seriously reflected, over a schooner of beer, about the ignorance of a portion of the human race.— Stockton Maverick.