Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1909 — A NON-POSSIBILITY. [ARTICLE]

A NON-POSSIBILITY.

He Explained the Term to the Sat. isfaction of the Court. He was a large, raw-boned, redfaced lawyer from Maine, "lately settled in a Southern State, and, o! course, ambitious of making a reputation in his profession. His mouth was so large that it was unnecessary . for him in uttering a word to more than half open his mouth, the corners thereof being the parts called into requisition, He had on the inquisitorial block a backwoodsman as a witness. The witness had replied to a question from the interrogatorinegrlawyer that was a non-possibility." Quoth the lawyer, “A non-possi-bility’? Now, will yon tell this court and this jury here what you mean by a non-possibility? Give us an example.” ; f * I Witness—Well, T think it ’u’d be a non-possibility to make your mouf enny bigger w id out setting your ears - furder back. - • ' Of course the dignity of the court was suspended.—The Green Bag.'