Justice In The Rough

"We used to cali him the cactus edition of BlackstoDe, " said the major, who had lived in Texas long euongh to inake a fortune, "and the blind eyed goddes3 never bad a more peculiar representative. The law never bothered lijm a bit, but he reverenced equity. He had a dignity all hia oven, but never allowed it to interfere with his love of a joke. " 'How old are you?' asked one of the lawyers of a venerable spinster on the etend. " 'I was born in '45,' she snapped. " 'B. C. or A. D. ?' quiokly asked the judge. And the mature maiden disowned her brother because he would not challenge the court. " 'Is this your flrst offense?' he asked of a convicted horse thief. "On being assured that it was, the judge said, 'Then I will ouly give you 99 years instead of 100, as I would have done had you been an old offeuder. ' "A millerhad bought ten barrels of apples f rom a farmer and brought ac■tion to recover on a claim that the barrels were undèrsized, causing him a loss of three bushtls on the deal. " 'How didyoupt (he barrels?' asked the court of tile íi er. " 'Bought éeru full of flour from the miller. ' ' ' Whereupc the court gave the farmer a verdict aud laxed the costsagainst the -xniller.