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THEM 'LEVEN STUBBORN MEN. BY JOHN COLLINS. I served upon a jury once, When 1 had come to town; You mind it now—when old Jake Howe Sued Uncle Hiram Brown. I set and heard just every word That them two lawyers said, And learned enough of law to stuff Most any feller's head. And soon as Hiram's lawyer seen I understood the thing, 1 tell you, he just treated me Like I was born a king. I s'pose you heard that afterward They tried the case again Because right square agin me there Was 'leven stubborn men. 1 could agree to Hiram's plea; T seen his case was clear. The lawyer tried on t'other side To claim 'twas mighty queer. The judge, too, got—it made me hot— At times clean off his base, And Hiram's lawyer told him so Right out before his face. I knowed that Howe begun the row— That Hiram ought to win—• And swore that I'd take Hiram's side And stay through thick and thin. But what could one poor chap a-done To find a verdict, when He had to win the case agin Them 'leven stubborn men?