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A Story Of Oidss Time.-By an ancicn, law
OF the State Of n. York, from December 10 Apr;I.
all persons wore prohib;ied from killing deer uu..
der penalty Of 90. half tho 6ne going to the
complainant; in default Of payment, ten lashes
on the naked back.


A Yankee passing through the State Of N.
York near Albany, il tho month % January. OBJ.
served ayoung Dutchman, from his barn door.
squirting over his shovel a, a - stou, 20 PAGES
from him, soliloquising thus: ~ ;


Mine Cot, il had mine gaa hsre, and if il
was not for the law, would have some teer for
mine INNER 5aar ls GiT-S-T


Tho Yankee had rine With him, and immedi.
a.ely shot the deer, and throw his ride into the
snow, unobserved by tho Dutchman, end running
up 10 him said:


'Aa my good fellow, you'havo been killing a
deer; you shot him with your shovel


The Duchmon replied -


mime Cot, didnhthink mine shovel vas loaded


'Wslr said the Yankee, you have killed. the
deer, and will 60 to the justice and complain Of
you, unless you give me the skin and 2 dollars


'Vell,' said the Dutchman, though | did not tink
my tnm'd old shovel would 20 of, dal sh better
dan pay ten tollar.' !. -


So the bargain was coacluded. the Yankee re.
cei'ed the skin IND two doars, and lei the Dutch.
"ou " "sC C"fo " suo voUSoull$~"


While the Dutchman was removing Il. another
Duichman came up, and threatened to complain,
upon which Hans, tho shovel shooter, relatsd What
had passed between him and tho Yankee.
Vunderbausen said to Hans he had been i'm.
posed upon that the YaukeeIkilled the door himsef
The two Duichmen Then agreed to puFsus the
Yankee, and to bring him before justice and
have him fined. lg


They soon overlook Jonathan, and carried him
before the justice and Hans entered his complant,
pro bono Publico. Whefeupon the justice, after
hearing all the testimony, pro and con. and taking
the matter into cool, serious and deliberate con.
come to tho conclusion that tho Yankee
killed the deer, with certain inst rument called
rife. and that he pay fine Of 80, or be whipped
ten lashes. The Yankee chose the latter. -


The justice then ordered the Yankee to be
stripped. tied TO tree, and the whip applied. Al.
ter he had given tho Yaskee Eve lashes and was
proceeding to give the other Gses tho Yankee
bawled out, ~


Stop half goes to the complainant = sa 20


Justice-Dat is law, by Cot unite the Yankee;
tie up the Tuchman, give him half the fne.


