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A Bush-lawyer And His Client

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
July
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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"My wood-choppers captura! a sloth this morniug," said tho judge, as we walked toward the ravine - "a big black sloth - a 'bush-lawyer,' as the Iii dians cali them. They tied him to the stump of a tree, and what do you sup pose I found, when I came out to fetch him? Here we are! Jast look at this happy fatnily!" The old sloth lay ou his back, uear the stump where the wood-choppers had left him, but in his claws he hek the strangest animal I ever saw in my life - a black, hairy little brute, about the shape of a young bear, but with a big tail that turued and twisted left and right like a anake. "What in the world do you cal that V " I asked - " a monkey or au over grown squirrel?" "No, it's a honey-bear," laughed tlie judge - "a kinkayou, as we cali them Just look up - there'8 half a dozen o: them in that tree! " On a catalpa-tree, near the stump a whole family of the strange long-tails were eating their dinner, not in the least disconcerted by our presence, as i seemed, though two of them eyed ua with oulstretched necks, as if they de sired us to explain the purpoue of our v iait. I stepped back to get a better look at them. They had snouts and paws liko fat young bear3, but in their move ment they reminded me of a Nortl American opossum;theycould hang by their tails and use them as rope-ladders in lowering themselves from branch to branch. Now and then, one or two o. them came down to take a look at their eaptive comrade, but the least move ment of the old sloth would send them scampering up the tree with squeals o horror. " That lawyer of yours has taken the law into his own hands," said I. "Yes, I Buspect those little imps kept fooling with him until ho grabbec one of them," said the judge. "Let's set that thing f ree, or he will squeeze il to death." The old sloth held his prisoner as a spider holds a fly, encircling him completely with his long-clawed legs, anc while the captive mewled and snarled the captor uttered grunts that sounded like inward chuckles. It needed our combined efforts to uuclasp hls Iobj grappling-hooks, and we were afraic the prisoner would die before we coulc libérate him, but as soon as his feel touched the grouud, he bounced up the tree hs if the feil flends were at hls heels. "That fellow wont forget the day of the month," laughed the judge "he will know better than to meddle with a lawyer the nexfc time." - St Nirfiolas. In a stirring temperance addresa beforo the F ree Church General Aasembly at Edlnburg, Mr. Moody bore teatimony of great value inbehalfof gospel temperance work. Earneatly appealing inbehalf of those lately reformed vinder the influenee of his meetings, as needing lo be looked after, he aaid: "Four ycars ago, twenty-six reclaimed drunkards wero received into Jtev. Dr. Gordon'a church in Boaton. A fow months iro lie wroto me that twenly-thrw had stood Hrm, one had died, ono had lallen and been reclaimed.and one, only, had gone back to hls old life." White muslin is coming largely into vogue again for summer toilets. A very pretty evening suiumer dresa for a young girl ia composed of a short skirt of pale-pink or blue ailk, covered from waist to hem with narro w gathered flounces of transparant white mualin edged with lace, and worn with a surah square-cut corsage of the aame color as the silk of the skirt. It is reported that Barnum has made an jjffer to Oscar Wilde for the latter to sit on top of Jumbo and ride in the street processions. If instead of Wilde sitting on the elephant, Jumbo were to sit on Wilde the result would be more satisfactory to the people, and it wouldn't hurt Jumbo much.

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Ann Arbor Democrat