The Lawyer’s Prayer.—The learned gentleman prayed a tales.
Truly Sweet.—“When I am in pecuniary difficulties,” said a pensive bankrupt, “my garden, my flowers, all fresh and sparkling in the morning, console my heart.” “Indeed!” asked his sympathising friend. “I should have thought they would remind you of your trouble, for, like your bills, they are all over dew.”
Unfair!—The overcrowded state of our law courts necessitates in almost every case a well packed jury.
Written agreements should be drawn up as shortly as possible; for parties are sure to agree best between whom there are the fewest words.
“I hear you had an action brought against you by a man who broke his collar-bone on your doorstep. How did the case go?”