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Brown would always refuse. It was Bramble's cus tom to indorse the annual payments on the bond. At next payment Bramble indorsed, not $100, but $i,oooas paid on the bond, adding, "in full consid eration of and cancelling this bond."' Brown, not being able to read or write, signed the indorsement by making his mark, and the bond was kept by him. When Brown demanded payment the follow ing year, the other contended that he owed nothing, citing the indorsement of the previous year. Brown consulted Mason, but finding him retained by Bramble, went with his story to Webster, who, putting faith in his story, entered into the fight, which came on at Exeter, N. H. There was at that trial a witness for Bramble by the name of Lovejoy, who, it appears, was a "chronic" witness, appearing in nearly every case held in the neighborhood. A friend of Brown seeing Bramble in conversation with Lovejoy noticed that the former gave to Lovejoy a paper, and informed Webster of the fact just before the trial. Lovejoy's testimony seeming to Webster some what unnatural, Webster came to the conclusion that said paper given by Bramble must contain the evi dence, or rather testimony, which Lovejoy was sup posed to give. Webster says : " There sat Mason, full of assur ance, and for a moment I hesitated. Now, I thought, I will make a spoon or spoil a horn. I took the pen from behind my ear, drew myself up, and marched outside of the box to the witness-stand. ' Sir,' I exclaimed to Lovejoy, ' give me the paper from which you are testifying.' In an instant he pulled it out of his pocket; but before he had it quite out he hesitated, and attempted to put it back. I seized it in triumph. There was his testimony in Bramble's handwriting." The end was that the case was settled on terms dictated by Webster. — Harvey's Reminiscences, PP- 67-73. Hoping that you may find the above a correct "correction," 1 am Yours truly, J. G. O.

To the Editor of the " Green Bag": Dear Sir, — As the " Green Bag " gathers up trifles from all sources, it must not neglect its own pages. On page 512 of the November number we are told that " a few curious facts connected with the personnel of the Justices of the Supreme Court (of New Jersey") are worth noticing,. . . none have been blind or deaf. Above all,. . . each has sus tained a high standard of morality, not only by re quiring it in others, but by obeying the laws of the highest integrity." Not only been able to see and hear, but have actually been honest men! Curious, is n't it? Yours truly, M.

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LEGAL ANTIQUITIES. "Twenty-four pence," we are told in the Dimetian Code, " is the worth of the blood of every kind of persons; thirty pence was the worth of the blood of Christ; and it is unworthy to see the blood of Cod and the blood of man appraised of equal worth; and therefore the blood of man is of less worth." From the same code we also learn that " the worth of a conspicuous scar upon a person's face is six-score, pence; if it be upon his hand, three score pence is to be paid; thirty pence is to be paid if it be upon the foot. If a person be struck upon his head so that the brain be seen, or if he be stabbed in the body so that the bowels come out, or if the thigh bone or the arm bone of a person be broken, for each three pounds; for he is in danger of his life by every one of them."

FACETIÆ. THERE S ROOM AT THE TOP. "There 's room at the top."' young Blackstone is told; So with a stout heart and confidence bold. He eagerly enters to strive in the race. And bravely he runs, ne'er quitting his aim. Till age dims his eye. and his limbs become lame, And deep lines of care are seen in his face. That treacherous phrase still rings in his ears. And could he but add. say. a score to his years, He might, in the end, reach that coveted place! Belleville, III., Oct., 1891. The following incident took place in a Kenne bec County, Maine, court only a few days ago. A divorce case was on trial before a jury, the wife be ing the libellnnt, and among the witnesses called in her behalf was her bright boy of fifteen years. The wife's father had died in Hartford, Conn., some months before, leaving her some property, — a fact