A Successful Speech

In a li tf lo hamlot of Bovven's Corr.i'ra, not inany months ago, certain lawless acts wcre committed ; hens' iil-:-1s wero pillaged, and ccllars wure k-:p'.üetl of rolla of golden butter. Siispioion restod wiih a young iiian who resided in this vieinity ; but aa no one lui'! seen him stoal anythiog, be was allowcd to go seno weeks unmolested. In good time, howover, the patienoe of ono husbandraan becamo exbausted; and being a man who had pcquired. through rnuch " lawïüg," the ideu that lie was perfeully au fait at the bar, he brougbt an action against tho young man. T'.o laiter was, of courae, in deep troulJe, and at once ííuw to an attorney for relief; and when the day of the trial carao on, he appeared with Squire P . of Fulton, fully prepared to vindícate hirnself from the foul aapersions thrown upon his cLaracter. A üttle testimony va3 taken ; the coraplainant's evidenco was very unsatisfaotory ; the well-skilled lawyer bothered the witnesses ; be made an eloquent speoch to the six jurymen; he beid up to üght the pure character of the accust'd, and expatiated at great leugth upon ihe malice of the accuser. He eat dmvn with the oonfideneo of having ferried his cliënt salely over the etroam of diffioulties, and awaited with cilm ooniposure the closing remarles of tho prosecuting party.. Thon Ihe latter rose and said : May it please these gentlemen of the jurv and this 'ere oourt - this man having bulier to sell, a3'keeps no cow - sgga to Bell, a keeps no hens - we, by thunder ! the ovtizena of Bowen's Corners, begin to MISTRUST ! The argument was too overwhelming for our Fulton friend, and the caso was decided against his cliënt.