Show A smart greenhorn in the year 1870 a certain gentleman now residing 0 in bountiful was wag acting in the capacity of county clerk of rich co and in ill connection with other official duties isas w as frequently bently called upon to ail administer minister the antil of office to school trustees road supervisors v fence viewers etc for which the law entitled lidin to collect from aroi n him to whom the oath was administered the sum of fifty cents many individuals who were elected to the above named offices were ignorant of thi this a requirement slid and through the native modesty anil and delicacy of the clerk went away without paying payin tile the sum required when that sort sort of thing became monotonous fly clerk made up his mind to resort to a nov novel el method to be secure cure pay for his bis services the opportunity offered in t alie lie shape of a tall green looking specimen of the genus homo home n who had been elected road supervisor oj of randolph precinct in the administration of the oath the cletic used the following words viz you solemnly swear that you will support the constitution of tile the united states slates and the alic laws of the territory of utah and that you will faithfully perform i all the duties enjoined upon pon bouby you by virtue of your office and that you owe me fifty cents so help you god the green looking specimen nodded attached his bis name to the ile oath and started to leave the office whereupon alic t e clerk cleric said do you intend to keep your oath oathro To which lie replied you bet I 1 do then says the hie clerk dont you intend to pay me file that fifty cent olt oh no says the green took looking rn specimen if I 1 lid did that I 1 should break my oath as I 1 swore I 1 would owe it to you |