The Judge Taken Down

-Lau-yui Simmons was the givatet, wag of ;he dnv, but wüs blessed with the most solemn visage that man ever saw in a member of the bar, and woe to the lawyer or judgè thnt iittomptsd to b:iiii'y wnnls with him. Between hina ;iinl funge P , wlv), by t Ij o way, waa nol üCHisidered a Soluipoit, axisted no friendiy feoüngs, and the judge wonld nnt cnint him a favor if liti c.ould avoid it. On ono occasion S vvanted n eontinuance of a certain case, and tlio Jndge refnsed it. - S nrgued that certain circumstance8 gave him the right to claim it. " Don't you kri'ivv that we know nothing about theso circumstanees ? " replied tha Jy,dga " Woll, your honor, I think the. Court. might be presumed to know these facts. "The Ciiurt, brother S ■, is not presumed to know anything." With a most courteoua bow, and a graoeful wave of the hand, ö replied : " I am perfeclly aware of that fact, yonr honor;" and took his seat amid a burst of lnughtor from both I bar and audience.