Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1877 — In the Detroit Police Court—A Remintscence. [ARTICLE]

In the Detroit Police Court—A Remintscence.

Monrod'Edmunds, a rhhn hi the prime of life, had been picked out 6f A drygoods box limpsy drunk, and as he stood on the mark he said:, ' u ' A - ■ \\ “ Powerful cold night, Wasn’t it Judge ? I thought at one time I’d have to get up and spread my tobacco-box'over me to keep from freezing to death-,” ' “Is this your first time here?” asked the Court. “Yes, sir, it air.’, 1 Is there a tliernAmeter here bv which T eftn see how <JoId it '4St”• -' ”* ‘ tij. !,•* b;t» v fIH “Never taind the theft*6meter‘, yofir cast is at Zero, and that rsdiiodgh' fbr you to take caTO on” ' 11 * ' “ The reason I asked about the thermometer, ’ ’ continued MrAEihuiackA “teas to see how it averaged with tmVxirerlenfce of mine in Nebraska It was In the Winter of 1859. and “Never fnihdany yams,” interrupted his Honor; “ what is your plea?” “ Yarns! Why, I’m I going .toileU*Jbe truth—the solid, truth! /! was camped out on Cross- eyed- River, -janfl all of ia-sudden it came oa colder .thaa ten thousand hatches. I didn’t —” v t U< ’-'it I shall enter a plea of guilty and rend you up if you don’t want a trial;!’ said the Court. “ I do want a trial, of course. I want to know whether I,’W.ipWC«nlqr,®iiltg,4ust as bad as you 4*V t As l, wfi3 eaymg', <flie Rome-ing > frozen corpse. l Y sefto VM “ I shall send you unfOT thirtYdays—call the next.” it T “The doj^ftlfe as kon. ’*sAiA were a glass duck. “ You can wipe your-eyes on your coattails if you want UK- or I’ll double your sentence!’Vl t, a A “ I’ll follow Bijah, of course, but ofl was saying, that poor dog-was as solid as a stone horse-block. ; I-lsid—him-^beside the ’lUto" fill-* t >t« »'i: Ji i >■)- The door cloeed and the rest of the story was lost to the t audience. —Detroit Froe Prm»-r i»vf,vi T: T J>rnpl4»c.rrnr H' j' * ; 'T.*y 7T! >. —lt b said dial ex-lsccre*a*y Belknap snd Mn Belkoap are writing a which will give an account ojf .society Mid political life in Washington during the last five or six years.