Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1890 — French and Irish Wit. [ARTICLE]

French and Irish Wit.

When Judge Rombauer was on the bench he one day made a ruling against a young attorney, whose superfluity of diplomas was only equaled by his scant knowledge of law. Much disgusted, the lawyer said: •T don’t know where your honor goes to find such law as that.” When ruffled Judge Rombauer speaks with a strong Bohemian accent; and he replied in very emphatic language: “I am not Surprised,Mr. , zat you know not where I go to find ze law, for I find it in ze books.” The second incident was that wherein a judge had overruled a motion of' Counselor Garvey, one of the best known lawyers of the St. Louis bar. The counselor is usually most respectful to the court, but lie lost his temper this time, and declared in his broad though rich, and cultured brogue: “Your honor,! hope for your honor’s honor that it will never be noised abroad to your honor’s hurt that this honorable court ever made a ruling so dishonorable to his own honor.”—St. Louis Republic.