Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1874 — A Puzzled and Indignant Witness. [ARTICLE]

A Puzzled and Indignant Witness.

A paper in Pittsfield, Mass., relates the following: ‘ * They were trying a ‘ horse case’ in court the other day, and the lawyer was questioning a witness in reference to the animal’s habits and disposition. ‘Haveyou ever driven her?* was asked. ‘I have,’ was the reply. ‘ Was there any one with you at the time,?’ was the next question. * There was a lady with me,’ the witness answered, and he blushed a little. ‘ Was she a good driver?’ was the next question, the lawyer referring to the animal, but the witness understood that he meant the lady. ‘ She was,’ he replied. * Was she gentle and kind?’ asked the legal limb, and the reply was in the affirmative, though the witness, still thinking of the lady, looked a little surprised. “She didn’t kick?’ was the next interrogation, and a decisive ‘No’ was the answer. ‘ She didn’t rear up or kick over the traces, or put her hind feet through the dash-board, or try to run awav, or act ugly, or’ —the witness was boiling over with indignation by this time, and interrupted the lawyer with, Do you mean the horse or the lady?’ ‘ I mean the mare we’re talking about,’ thundered the counsel. ‘ Oh!* was the response, ‘ I thought you meant the gal.* And with this explanation the pursuit of justice was resumed.”