Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1896 — AH He Wanted. [ARTICLE]

AH He Wanted.

Emory ..torrs lost a divorce case by the wit of his opponent. He had brought suit for divorce on behalf of a woman, qjho asked for possession of two children. The husband made a vigorous protest, and employed a young lawyer of ability to defend the suit. The defense had the best case, so far as the evidence went, but Mr. Storrs made one of his characteristically strong speeches, with an eloquent plea on behalf of the mother and her two children. The effect on the jury was apparent. He concluded his speech with that trite exclamation of Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death!” The young attorney arose deliberately and said: “Mr. Bailiff, you can give me a glass of water.” Bobby—“ Papa, what is the difference between an old maid and a new woman?” Papa—“An old maid, my son, is a woman who, having failed to win a man, avoids men. A new woman, having similarly tries to become one of them.”—New York World. Every man who lives to be sixty years of age, has at least one occasion to ask the newspapers to suppress something.