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out of clam shells, the friend addressed him an itinerant preacher of sixty-one, went to by bis right name. Clarkson looked up from Providence to procure money to pay for a his work, noted his friend, called him by name, farm. Eight weeks later, during which he and then with startling suddenness his memory had been lost to friends, he came to himself of former things returned, and his first inquiry at Norristown, Pa. All unconscious of his was for his wife and mother. Being assured former self he had gone thither and engaged that they were bearing up bravely under the in running a small store under the name of strain of his disappearance, he expressed the A. J. Brown. Another somewhat similar case desire to go home at once, but before leaving was that of Mary Reynolds of Pennsylvania, the factory he called together his fellow who up to the age of thirty-five alternated workmen and made them a little speech, tell between two personalities of greatly different ing them something of how he happened to characteristics and of no relation to or knowl come into their midst. The two men took edge of each other." the first train out of Sabula, expecting to' reach Kenosha late at night. Clarkson's wife and mother, who had almost despaired of SHORT WILLS ever seeing him again, were overcome with APROPOS of Mr. Harriman's short, the excess of their joy when the news of his discovery reached them. simple will, it is of interest to note that This was Judge Clarkson's second adventure Lord Mansfield, as Tit- Bits relates, found half of the kind. Eighteen years ago he disap a sheet of note-paper ample for the disposal peared in the same way and was found in of his worldly possessions. Sir James Fitzabout the same circumstances. Evidently the james Stephen's will began and ended in character of the self he assumed during these thirteen words. A dozen lines served to disdose of Lord Russell of Killowen'* estate of lapses was similar in the two cases. "This incident," comments the Lincoln nearly ^150,000; while Lord Brampton of the (Neb.) State Journal, "is a close counterpart Court of Exchequer, the brother of Anthony of the case of Ansel Bourne of Rhode Island, Hope, disposed of hisestateof nearly _£142,000 well known among psychicists. Mr. Bourne, in four hundred words. The Editor will be glad to receive for this department anything likely to entertain the readers of the Green Bag in the way of legal antiquities, facetia, and anecdotes.

USELESS BUT ENTERTAINING A southern Missouri man recently was tried do not care in what order it is presented. on a charge of assault. The state brought But I do not think I ought to act as residuary into court as the weapons used, a rail, an axe, legatee for the little time left to counsel who are occupied with auditors' hearings and a pair of tongs, a saw and a rifle. The de fendant's counsel exhibited as the other man's probate matters." weapons a scythe-blade, a pitchfork, a pistol A gentleman lying on his deathbed was and a hoe. The jury's verdict is said to have been: "Resolved, That we, the jury, would questioned by his inconsolable prospective widow. "Poor Mike," said she, "is there have given a dollar to have seen the fight." annythin' that wud make ye comfortable? —Everybody's. Anny-thin' ye ask for I'll get for ye." "Plase, Bridget," he responded, "I t'ink Heard in the Cardiff County Court. His Honor: "Oh, a case of damage feasant, is it?" I'd like a wee taste of the ham I smell a-boilin' Indignant female defendant, shaking her in the kitchen." "Arrah, go on," responded Bridget. "Divil umbrella at counsel, whom she had not heard distinctly: "Damaged pheasant! They are a bit of that ham ye'll get. 'Tis for the wake." —Central Law Journal. barn-door fowls, and not damaged either, for I've kept and fed 'em well. How dare The following American substitute for our you tell the judge such lies?" "wooden liar" was found posted by a farmer —London Law Notes. on a tree in Illinois: "Notis.—Trespasers will B persekuted to the full extent of 2 mean A Massachusetts judge was recently con fronted by a long list of cases in which, in mungrel dogs which ain't never ben overly nearly every instance, delays were asked for soshibil tu strangers and 1 dubbel barl shot because of engagements of counsel. This led gun which aint loaded with soft pillors; dam his honor dryly to remark: "I am here to if ain't gettin' tired of this hel-raisin' on my —London Law Notes. look after the business of this Court and I farm."