Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — Wanted Judge to Be Overruled. [ARTICLE]

Wanted Judge to Be Overruled.

Up In Maine there Is an' old custom of opening the courts with prayer, which custom In one Instance, described with considerable gusto by ex-Judge Henry B. Howland, Jed to a petition with which the Judge couldn’t exactly sympathize. The minister who was to officiate at this court was one of the good old fashioned, simple living, long praying kind who flourish in country churches. He prayed for the welfare of the nation and its executive and his cabinet; he prayed for the state officials and for mankind In general. Then, “O Lord, give to this presiding judge the wisdom he so much needs,” besought the dominie with fervor. “Overrule hla decisions to thine eternal honor and glory.” The presiding judge, appreciating the spirit of the petition, while hardly relishing his diction, had to live down the reputation which his associates tried to confer on him In accordance with the characterization of the prayer.—New York Tribune. Anyonewishing to know of the opportunities of Western Canada will db well to write to B. F. Gaines, Hanley, Assa., Canada. Read The Democrat for newk.