Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1905 — Very Particular. [ARTICLE]

Very Particular.

In the course of an assault case heard at a provincial court the other day the defendant was asked his trade. “I drive a bus,” was the reply. “You mean,” suggested the precise solicitor on the other side, “that you drive the horses attached thereto?” “Yes, if you would rather have it put in that way,” replied the defendant. Shortly afterward, in the, course of his cross examination, the solicitor asked the defendant: “Did you or did you not strike the prosecutor in the face?” The defendant, after a thoughtful pause, convulsed the court with the following: , “Well, now, I come to think, there’s a doubt about It. I was under the impression that I did strike the prosecutor on the face, but perhaps it would be as well to say that I struck him on the nasal organ attached thereto.”— London Mail.