Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1889 — A Pioneer Judge. [ARTICLE]

A Pioneer Judge.

MonficelloHr-rald. 1 * It was Judge John Wright instead of Wiiliamsun Wright, of Logansport, whose;death the Herj aid indant to chronicle last week. Williamson -still liyes,„jMid long may be live. In this connection ex-Ti easurer Faris in conversation a days ago upon the death of Judge Wright recalled »ome inteirsting reminiscences of the dnys when he 1 occupied the bench. He was holdpi ;<g court at Rensselaer on one oc- , casion at an early day before that ! county was supplied with a jail. During the session a drunk man entered the court room aii'(linade himself obnoxious to both the court and spectators. Judge Wright, annoyed by the presence of the inebriate and at the same time conscions of Jasper county’s lack of jail accomm •daiions, ‘uro- i ed to the sheriff and said, “Slmrilf, take that man yut and chain him to a etump.” On another <,- •<-asion, a drunken witness named Hamm-uid we a t>n the stand, dis eyes were MSe and mattery, and ait. ics ■' appearance was king imt. in- • viting. The Judge’s sioinach seemed to be a trifle weak, and suddenly interupling the witness,/ he said, “Hammond, wipe your you.make me sick.” Painsville. O. J. M. Loose Red Clover Co , Detroit. —I have used your Solid Extract Red Glover with perfect success and take great pleasure in recommending its use to anyjatflicted with' Servin’ous or Cancerotts affb'ci.iohkf.balievttig it (from my own experience) to 1 e the most. efficient blood purifier. J. J. Harbison. The first successful blood-purifier ever offered.the public was Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Imitators have had their day. bat soon abandoned the field, and the demand for this incomparable medicine increases year by year, am! was never so great at present.