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Show Both Wrong. A ludicrous story is told of an Ed-Inburg Ed-Inburg bailie, whose studies in natural natu-ral history seems to have been limited. limit-ed. The following case came before him one day: A man who kept a ferret having to To into the country, left the cage with t li e ferret in charge of a neighbor till he should return. The neighbor incautiously in-cautiously opened the rage door, and the lerret escaped. The owner was I very angry, find brourhr a claim j nrainst h;m for daiiK'ges. j The following was .he do-'i.--i-in oi' ; the learned bail:": "Xae iaoi," lie ! eh id to the neig::bnr; "uae dool ye I was wrung to ojieu the rago door; j bat," he adtivd. Iism'ng to the owner. I 'ye was wrung, loo. What lor did ye no clip the brute's winns:" |