Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Possible Result. [ARTICLE]

Possible Result.

Some years ago there was in New Eugland a chief justice who was respected for his high legal attainments, and afforded much enjoyment as well by his love of the humorous, which ho often indulged in the courtroom. On cne occasion there came up before the full bench a case between two towns re lating to the support of a pauper, named Bowen. When in the course of the argument one of the counsel came to the name of this indigent person, one of the judges, who had been known in former days as a brilliant lawyer, gave a start of surprise. “Bowen —Isaac Bowen!” he repeated in astonishment, turning to the chief justice before referred to. “Why, that man used to be a client of mine!” “Ah," said his colleague, in n thoughtful but perfectly clear and audible tone, “could that perhaps account for his being a pauper now?”—youth’s Companion.