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An old lawyer of the city of New York, tells
good Joke abou, ono of his conts:


"A fellow had boon arraigned before tho police
for stealing Sc, of silver spoons. Tho stolen ar.
tcles were tound upon tho eulprit, aud there
in attempting 70 deny the charge.
Lawyer - was applied 10 by tho prisoner
counsel, and. saeing escape for his cient OK
cept plea of insanity or idiocy, he instructed
the prisoner to put od silly look possible.
and. when any question was put TO hun. 10 utter
in drawing manner. with Idtot oXprossion, tho
word spoons If successful tho fco TO be
twenty dollars. The court proceeded to bsis.
ness; the charge read. and tho question was
pu, to the prisoner: Guilty or not guilty"


+" ".Spoonsr oacula,od tho culprt.
The court pn, several questions to him, bu.
Spoons 'spoons.' was all tho answer i. could
elicit.


'Tho follow is a fool said tho judge; let him
90 about his business


The prisoner left tho room, and tho lawyer
followed close in his wake, and when they had 90,
into tho hall tho counsellor tapt his cient on the
shoulder aging.


"'Now, my good fellow. that twonty dollars


'''Thc rogue, looking the lawyer full in the face,
and. putting on q grotesquo and silly EXPRESSION.
and, winking with ono cyc, exclaimed:
".SrooNS' and then made tracks,