Dearborn County Register 1842-04-09, Vol 02, No 04

              Dearborn County Register
l'UBLISIIED WEEKLY BY J. B . KENT & J. B. HALL.
VOL 2. WILMINGTON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1842. NO. 4.
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MISCELLANEOUS
ANECDOTE OF JUDGE CRANE.
Shortly after the first Republican
Constitution of the State of New
York was framed and the Judiciary
system was established tor the civil
d epartment, the supreme court, or
that branch of'ciecailrlcetud itth
court,' was appointed for one of the
circuits, in theocyf Duotchesus,nt
and the eccentric Judge Crane was
to preside. Judge Crane was very
wealthy and highly respected for his
public and private virtues, especially
for his charitableness to the poor; but
he always dressed in a plain garb, and
would hardl y ever wear any other
coat, whatever the weather might be,
and it was seldom that he rode when
h e went abroad. althouigh he owned
many valuable horses On the morn-ing
of the day in which the court
was to begin, the judge set out before
day and walked gently on, through
hail, rain and snow to the appointed
place. On arriving at Poughkeepsie,
cold and wet, he walked to a tavern,
where he found the landlady and her
servants were making large prepara-ti
ons for the entertainment of the
judges, lawyers, and other gentlemen,
whom they expected would attend
the circuit court.
The Judge w as determined to have
some sport, and in a pleasant tone ad-dressed
the landlady — l have no
money, and was obliged to come to
court, and I have walked through this
dreadful storm 20 miles. I am wet
and cold, dry and hungry. I want
something to eat before court begins ;
when the landlady put herself in a
majestic posture and putting on a
countenance of contempt, said to the
j udge. ' y ou say you are wet and cold'
dry and hot; how can all that be!'
'No, my dear madam,' says jtuhdgee,
'I said that I was wet and cold; and
if you had been out as long as I have
in the storm. I think you w mold like-wise
be wet and cold. I said that I
wante d something to drink and eat.
'But you have no money you say,'
retorted the landlad y. 'I told you
the truth,' says the judge. 'the whole
truth. and nothing but the truth, but
were I as rich as Croesus, I would be
willing to work for something to eat
and to drink.' 'Coesus', who a Croe-sus!
says the landlady. 'Inever
knew him.' sad the judge, 'but have
understood that he was very rich. I
want something to eat and something
to drink, and were I as poor as Job in
his utmost calamity, and have my
health and strength as well as I now
have, I would willingly go to work a
little while, if I could only get a good
victuals.' 'Well, old daddy,' says
she, 'how much do you want to
drink ?''Half a gil of god brandy,
madam,' says he. 'Very well,' said
she, 'I wil give yon half a gil and
some cold victuals. if you will go in-to
the back yard and cut and split
three armfuls of wood, and bring it
into the kitchen. where the servants
want to make a good fire to dry the
gentlemen's great coats when they
come, and after you get your victuals
I shall want you to go a way. He
drank his brandy, went into the wood-y
ard, and soon cut and laid by the
kitchen fire, the required quantity of
wood. The landlady placed a cold
luncheon before him, remarking that
there it was, 'And it is almost as
cold as myself,' says he, 'but not
half so wet, nor neither tea nor cof-fee
to wet it.' 'Beggars must not be
choosers,' said she. 'I am not beg-ging
of you, madam,' said he, 'but
have paid the full price demanded.'
'I told you' said she, 'I would give
you cold victuals, and there is c old
boiled ham, cold pork and beef, cold
potatoes, &c., and if you want any-thing
hot, there is mustard and pep-per,
and her is good bread, good but-ter,
and cheese, and aII good enough
tor such an old ragamuffin as you
are.' 'I is all very good; said he
pleasantly, 'but madam, be so good as
to let me have some new milk, warm
ri ght from the cow, to wet this good
victuals.'—‘The cows are not milked.'
says she.
ls 'Then let me have a bowl of co
m i lk,' said he 'I wouldriot send the
servants in the storm to the spring
house to skim it for you,' said she
'Dear madam,' said he, with a pleas-ant
smile, ' I have a good wife at home
older than you are, whowgouold
out in a worse storm than this, to
milk the cows, and bring the milk to
the pourest man on earth, at his re-quest;
or to bring the milk from the
spring house, cream and all, without
skimming, to feed the most abject of
the human race.' 'You have a very
good wife at home ' says she. 'In-deed
I have," said he, 'and she kee ps
my clothes clean and whole; and not-withstanding
you called me 'an old
ragamuffin, I am not ashamed to ap-pear
abroad in the clothes I wear in
any god company.' Wel,Imust
confess,' says she,' that when you
have your broad brimed hat of, you
look middling well, but I want you to
be off for we want the fire to dry
the gentlemen's great coats and um-brellas
by — and among the rest we
expect judge Crane.' 'Judge Crane,'
whasho is eJuydge, Cra sne','The
circuit judge,' says shed. 'One of the
supreme judges you old fol,
''Well,' says he, 'I will bet a goose
Jhhtuasd gneo tC hraadn,e andt
will not have a great coat on hisback,
or an umbrella over his head today.'
'csYouah oldre geo,s e,n'' sIaoid
habtinneg ftdors ybo.u r eE oaf -t
I tell you ; Judge Crane is to be here.
yndwfaooeoun r'.nov' doe 'r tmI
ce,a r'oen,'e s rayied shtraw more
for Judge Crane, than I do for my-slgsealof
t aetn d,ito thoha sbaet
if he has to comttaoehihs timeeft
agktdiy' heoe woou ldl tbeyo more l
hdte coiunrt honusee, andr stay until
Iitt knmowh sometehieng ab.out
old codger, and some people say he
yfai, ufus tdyr,s crguustey, os.ld't
'Prett y talk, indeed,' says the landla-duNjy,
'abdoouthgwe supere,me.
eat and be off.' 'I tell you,' said he,
Judge Crane is not the supreme
judge and if h e were, heis no more
Ijttif aumoh. ' d'W aebtlgl,ene
yosnowurs ebhlf,e' s aoidef wi.th
Don't be on so great a hurry; said he
mildl y. I wish to know who isa l nd-lord
here, and to know where he is ?'
He is the high sheriff of the county,
tabuilnel d nh itwgohom tn:e i'btf
he were you would not stay long.'
'Well madam said he, give me a
cvwuipc oeft cutid aerm ltos yif
you won't give me milk.' 'Not a
drop,' says her ladyship. The judge,
who had got pretty well warmed and
rbifhdirsedoa h kiafanessdrt d,w
pput on a stern countenance, and osi-tively
declared he would notleave
utanhtinle he d rpole aofseimdr.e
But,' added he, ' if you will grant my
eoTbrquest, fIh wifle ea.t ean'd
iacder wans imeddiately brought
hhptceaeart ilyjru otfd othgeoek ol-ahltioins
be fobre rhiron a todk
brimmed hat, and gently w alked to
hhhteo feouusn dec g o oowdhuerret
fires and clean flors anduring the
court hours he presided with dignity
and propriety.
When the judge withdrew, the
landlady anxiously loked after him
for some time as he walked steadily
on to the court house, supposing him
to be some poor man summoned up
to court as a witnes or some vaga-bond
who might give her further
trouble in time of court, and express-ed
to her servants a desire thathey
would see that he did not disturb the
gentlemen and the judges who might
put up there. While some of the
girls declared if he did come, they
would use some of his own expres-unssesd,
r ewspheictiicngoh Ju dhgee
Crane. Let me see, says one 'rusty
crusty' yes, and 'fusty old Judge,
says another.
When dinner was annonnced, the
court not being thronged was imme-diately
adjourned, and the day being
stormy and cold, the judges and law-yers
poured into the sheriff's tavern
— where they were sure of good fires
and good fare, all except Judge Crane
wh o walked to a store and purchased
a valuable shawl, and put it into his
pocket on the inside of his coat; then
walked quietly to the tavern. While
he was thus detained, the landlady
entered the dining room and earnest-ly
inquired if Judge Crane had come
i n. Th e answer was 'not yet mad-am;
and perhaps he may not come.
The landlady, who was anxious to
pay the highest respect to the su-preme
judge, retired to the kitchen
not u little chagrined o r disappointed,
ln the mean time the judge arrived,
and being at proper times very socia-ble
and at all times fond of cheering
the minds of those present, he began
to make some pertinent remarks, and
to tell sloively manecdotees, intend-ed
to convey good morals; which set
the who!e company into a roar of
laughter. And at this instant one of
the waiting maids entered the room
to inform the gentlemen that they
might sit down to dinner. She did
her errand and hastened back to her
mtoistrhesl wdithe the tidings that
fusty fellow w ith his broad brimmed
hat on was right in among the bare
headed gentlemen, talking as loud as
he could, and all the judges and law-yers
laughing at him. 'Then go,'
say s she, 'and whispertoold t hmean
that I wish him to come into the
kitchen.' The errand was done ac-cordingly,
and the judge in a low
tone of voice said to the girI, 'tell
your mistress I have a little business
to do with soomf these laweyers and
when done I'II be off inthe course
dttgoawyhis.r' orl T her eoefe-r
turned and faithfully rehearsed the
message, and added that shebelieved
the old fellow was drunk, or he would
not have said, "as soon as my busi-eitonsnsh
i s tdowrnee oI'lf beeorf
days.
'Well, Betty,' say s the mistress,
go back and when the gentlemen be-gin
to sit down do you stand by the
head of the table, and whisper to
some gentleman that I wish a vacant
pthtIhaeceeha le dftt aa toebfle
rdf Juodgeo Cyraone,u and then
Jhsaaoaehsenctn et nhhk aadbst
the cider and other liquors in god
order. And Mary do you fill two
more tureens with gravy, and put one
tateoablteh Anend Maaerfc-dh
atyehdtl thohe culeaeaaon pslattes
forcaarharngee eady, and that the
tar's and pies, &c. are in good order.
Betty again repaired to her post at
thstaeoabhfdlt eloy,f e tahinend
tgooahen trrleqmmuaenst eoffd -f
her mistress. 'Certainly,' says the
gentlenan and Bety hastened back
to assist John. The gentlemen now
eaansxcte ldlenont rwepanst ,dto a
after a short ejaculatory address to
the throne of grace, delivered by
Judge Crane, in whicathdh ohreeed
Father of all mercies for feeding all
his creatures throughout the immensi-notvfo
ksepdya ac bele sising on
that portion of earthly bounty then
before them, and supplicated divine
mercy through the merits of our Re-deemer;
the gentlemen carved and
sBaerved roundu sin usual ftorm.
the Judge was of a singular turn in
almost every thing, and hadtaken a
fancy that if a person eats light food
twa theh saimce mhea li asnd that
moresolid and harder of digestion,
that the light food should be eaten
first ; he therefore filled his plate with
some pudding made of milk, rice, and
eggs and placing himself in rather an
awkward situation, with his left el-bow
on the table and his head near
his plate, began to eat according to
his custom, which was very fast,
though he was not a great eater.
And some of the gentlemen near the
Judge following his example, as to
par taking of the pudding before the
meat, of course a large deep vesseI
which had contained that article was
nearly emptied when Mary approach-ed
with her two additional tureens of
gravy, according to the command-ment
of her mistress, and as she sat
down the last near the Judge, he says
to her in an austere manner, 'Girl.
bring me a clean plate to eat some
salad on.' The abrupt manner in
which he addressed her, and her dis-gust
a t seeing him there in that posi-tion,
so disconcerted the poor girl
that she did not observe that any one
excepting the Judge had partaken of
the pudding, nor did she know what
he meant by sallad ; but she observed
that the large pudding pan was near
ly empty, and then hastened back
with the utmost speed to her mistress
and addressed her with, 'Lord, mad-am
that old fellow's there yet, and
he is certainly crazy or drunk, for he
is down at the table, and has eaten
-more than a skipple of the rice pud
ding already, and has his nose right
down in a plate full now, shovelling
it in like a hog; and told me as if he
was lord of the manor, to bring him a
clean plate to eat sa!ad on. Bless
me, where can we get salad at this
time of the year? And the gentle-men
have not done carving, and not
one has begun to eat meat, much less
to eat a tubpoudingf.'
Aye, he'll get a clean plate, says
Martha, *before gentlemen want clean
plates.' I'II clear him out,' says the
mistress, and starts for the dining
room, burning with indignation.
The Judge was remarkable for not
giving u nnecessary trouble to any
body where he put up, and generally
ate what was set before him without
making any remarks; and seldom
made use of more than one plate at a
meal ; but at this time he observed
near him a dish of beautiful raw white
cabbage, cut up and put into vinegar,
(which the low Dutch at Poughkeep-sie
call 'cold slaw,' and which he call-p-
ed ‘sallad,') and he wished for ase
arate plate to prepare some of it for
his own fancy. The carving and
serving were not yet finished when
he expected a clean plate. and when
the landlady arrived at the door of
the dining room determined to drive
him out. She advanced with a firm
step to the door, and fixed her keen
eye sternly on the judge, when he
turning way and ob-serving
her mildly said, 'landlady,
can I have a clean plate to eat some
sallad on ?' "A clean plate and salad!'
retorted the landlady indignantly. 'I
wish you would come into the kitch-en
until the gentlemen have dined ; I
had reserved that seat for Judge
Crane.' The company were struck
with astonishment, and fixed their
eyes alternately on the landlady and
on the Judge, and sat or stood in
mute suspense — when the Judge
gracefully raised himself up in his
chair, carelessly folding his arms
across his breast. then putting his
head awkwardly on one side, 'You
reserved this seat for Judge Crane.
did you, landlady ?" 'Indeed I did,
says she. "It was very kind, says he,
in an ironical tone, 'but if you will
step to the door and see if he is com-ing,
or send one of the servants to
call for him, with your permission
and the approbation of these gentle-men,
with whom I have some busi-ness
to do, I will occupy this seat un-til
you shall find the Judge.' 'Find
the Judge,' said she with emphasis,
'go look for him yourself, not send
me or my servants. I gave you your
breakfast this morning for chopping
a little wood because you said you
had no money; and expected you
would go away quietly and keep
away, and now you must come here
to disturb gentlemen at dinner.' Here
the whole joke burst upon the minds
of the gentlemen present, who fell
into a loud fit of laughter. After the
tumult had a little subsided the Judge
mildly asked — 'did I chop wood to
pay for my breakfast?' 'Indeed you
did,' said she, 'and said you had no
money.' 'I told you the whole truth.'
replied the Judge, 'but I have a beau-tiful
shawl worth more than ten dol-lars,
which I just now bought, and
will leave it with you in pawn, if you
will only let me eat dinner with these
gentlemen.' Here the gentlemen
were biting their lips to keep from
laughter. 'How did you buy a shawl
worth more than ten dollars without
money?' 'I bought it on credit,' says
he. 'And where did you find credit
to that amount?' says she. I brought
it from home,' says he. 'That's a
likely story, and something like your
abuse to Judge Crane this .
said she. 'How could
Judge if he was not
he. 'Why," replied
him rusty, fu.
and said you
for him than
And here
in an uproar of laughter again. But
as soon as it a little subsided, one of
the gentlemen asked the landlady
how she knew the gentleman she
was addressing was not Judge Cane.
'He Judge Crane! He looks more
like a snipe than a crane!'
Here the loud laughter burst forth
for a third time. And after a little
pause the Judge said, 'I must confess
I am not a bird of very fine feathers,
but I assure you that I am a Crane.
and a crane is often a ver y useful in-strument;
I saw a very useful one in
your kitchen this morning; and some-times
an instrument called a crate
is of valuable use, madam.' Before
she had time to reply, some of the
gentlemen with vvhorn she was ac-quainted
assured her that she was
talking with the presiding judge. As-tonished
and confounded, she attempt-ed
some excuse, and hastily asked his
pardon for her rudeness.
The Judge had by this time, unob-served,
taken from his pocket the
beautiful shawl and folded at length
one way, and in a narrow form the
other, and it being of very line tex-ture,
appeared more like an elegant
sash than like a valuable shawl.
When he arose with graceful digni-ty,
and with a half smile, advanced a
few steps towards the landlady say-ing,
'it is not my province to pardon,
but it is my business to judge that you
and I shall hereafter be friends — and
I judge, also, that you will, without
hesitation receive this shawI as a
present. if not as a pawn.' So say-ing,
he gently laid it over her shoul-ders
and across her arms, saving,
`Take it, madam, and do not attempt
to return it, for it was purchased on
purpose for a present for you.' She
hastily retired in confusion, hardly
knowing wha t she did, and took with
her the shaw l worth twelve instead ol
ten dollars.
And here were thre parts which
dh- ad each t wo good things. The lan
Iady had a good shawl and a good
lesson to meditate upon — the gentle-m
en had a good dinner and a good
joke to talk over — and the Judge had
good intentions in th e joke, and good
will and ability to follow up the Iesson
gi ven.
AN ORDIN ANCE.
BE it ordained, by the President
and Trustees of the corporation of
the town of Wilmington, That it is
hereby made the duty of the Marshal
to remove all obstructions that may
be placed by an y person or persons
upon the side warlk sa, sItlreeetys os.
Andfu br e it
ther
ordained, That
esbwonever tehe Meahrreshal shal
informed by any person ofany ob-struction
in any side-walk str eet or
alley in the bounds of the corpora-teion
h shall (if the person so offend-ing.
be to him known) forthwith pro-ceed
to notify the person or persons
forthwith to remove the same, and if
such obstruction be not removed in
less than three days from the time of
receiving said notice, the Marshal
shall forth with proceed to remove the
same and the person or persons so
offending shall be liable to pay the
Marshal all the expense of removing
such obstruction also the sum of fifty
cents for the use of the Marshal.
Provided, however, that any person
or persons having for making pailing.
fronting their buildings, or lots shall
not exceed three feet in width. And
in all cases where such pailing is at
this time or may be made, the person
or persons making said palling shall
have and make a good side-walk at
least five feet wide out side said pail-ing
Provided, further, that persons
building or repairing buildings, be ex-cepted
in this ordinance, whilst build-ing
or repairing.
And be it further ordained, That
any person keeping a Stalion or Jack-ass
within the corporation, shall pay
to the Marshal the sum of five dol-lars,
for the use of the said corpora-
Lion. Any person exhibiting any
Stalion or Jack, in an y street or al-ley,
in the bounds of the corporation,
shall be fined in any sum not less than
one nor more than five dollas for each
offence.
Be it further ordained. That
persons fireing a gun
other firearms, in the
the said corporalion, shall
in an y sum not leas than one
than three dollars for each
expenses and fines may
by an action of debt be-fore
any justice of the peace in said
corporation, or other comt having
competent jurisdiction; and in all
cases the Marshal shall be a compe-tent
witness.
E. GLASSCOW Pres't
A. Buck, Clerk.
March 26, 1842.
Sec. 15. It shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, within the
bounds of the corporation to sell by
less quantity than one quart, any
wines or spirituous liquors foreign or
domestic, unless such person or per-sons
shall, in addition to a license ob-tained
from the board of county com-missioners,
obtain a license from the
corporation, which is hereby author-ized
to grant the same to such appli-cant
for one year, on his her, or their
paying Into the treasury of the cor-poration,
a sum not exceeding fift y
nor less than ten dollars, at the dis-cretion
of the corporation. And if
any person shall sell any wines or
spirituous liquors, contrary to the
provisions of this act, he she or they
so offending, shall, upon conviction
thereof in an action of debt or on the
case brought by the president and
notices against the offender or offed-ers,
before a justice of the peace, or
any court having competent jurisdic-tion,
be fined in any sum of money
not more than fifty nor leas than five
dollars, for each violation of thissec-tion;
and shall also upon conviction
by presentment or indictment (in
which indictment it shall not be ne-cessary
to recite this act) in the cir-cuit
court of said county, be fined in
any sum not more than one hundred
nor less than twenty dollars for the
use of the county seminary. And
for the betterregulation of the peace
and good government of the town,
the said president and trustees are
hereby authorized to adopt and pass
laws and ord for the supres- sion of
ever may detract from
atnd god orde of society he
and for purpose of carrying into
hee ffect the prtnaohv isioisof ct, t
corporation is hereby authorized to
appoint a marshall for that purpose,
who shall take an oath of office and
be a peace officer : Provided,Such
by-laws and ordinances are not con-trary
to the constitution andlaws of
siShttattet anaed oitf tehesd Usn.
The GENTLEMAN ATCHURCH.— The
Gentleman at church may be known by
the folowing marks:
1. He comes in good session so a s to
neither interrupt the pastor or the con-gregation
by a late arrival.
2. Does not stop upon the steps or in
the portico, either to gape athe ladies
salute friends or display his colloquial
powers.
3. Opens and shuts the door gently
walks deliberately up the aisle or the
gtsaIloery sta irsh and gietss eat as qui-etly,
and by making as few removes as
possible.
4. Takes his seat either in the back
part of the seat or steps out into the
aisle when any one wishes to pass in
and never thinks of such a thing as
making people crowd past him while
keeping his place in his seat.
5. Is always attentive to strangers and
gives up his seat to such, seeking anoth-er
for himself.
6. Never thinks of defiling the house
of God with tobacco. or annoyingthose
who sit near him by chewing that nause-ous
weed in church.
7. Never unless in case of illness
gets up and goes out in time of service.
But if necessity compels him to do so
goes so quietly that his very manner is
an apolog y for the act.
8. Does not whisper or laugh, or eat
fruit in the house of God, or lounge.
9. Does not engage in conversation
before commencement of serv ice.
10. Does not rush out of church like
aromping horse the moment the bene-diction
is pronounced, but retires slowly
in a noiseless manner
11. Does all he can b y precept and
example, to promote the decorum of
others.
SUNRISE.— This is what Grace Harks-way,
in London Assurance, says of it:
"The man that misses sunrise loses
the sweetest part of his existence. I
love to watch the first tear that glistens
in the opening eye of morning — the si-lent
song the flowers breathe — the thrill-ing
choir of the woodland minstrels — to
pwlause - these sweling outhe swetest hich the modest brook trickles ap-chord
of creation's matins, seem to pour
some lofty and merry tale into the day-light's
ear as if the world hadreamed
a happy thing and now smiled o'er the
telling of it!"