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Show "Legal LimiiiiarieM in Frnfer-ii Frnfer-ii it 1 Knihraee. Thcpisiriit Court room in Provo was yesterday morning enlivenal by one of those scenes of fraternal enthusiasm en-thusiasm which awaken such admiration admi-ration for gentlemen deeply learnal in the mysteries of that inexact science sci-ence of which Coke atlbnkd such a i luminous illustration. The Court sat dignitialand solemn; the bar wrapped ! in that profundity of thought which J manifests itself by an occasional twitching twit-ching of the eyehrows, and the run-; run-; ning of the right digits furiously through the capillary sul 'stance known as the hair, to give its owner a leonine appearance as it bristles up like the mane of (he king of heasis ; while the spectators and litigants, oppressed with the solemnity oi the scone, were awo-struck and silent. D. rose to a question of security of costs a (rilling (ri-lling matter, hut his client was interested inte-rested in it. D. has taken up his residence in the capital of L'tah county, coun-ty, and is tjuicj, but determined, If, nexlkioliji perpendicular position in relation to the'matter. Ho resides in i Salt Lako, is a good Presbyterian, a leader in Sabbath-schools, and wears an aspect that forbids trifling. Though his perpendicularity is not, in a lon gitudinal sense, so huge as his partner's, part-ner's, still he towers above the smaller small-er men ami laiks grimly down on them. He had something to say in the case. D. inquired was he en-gaged en-gaged in i(; and the response was iu (Iu; affirmative. D. inquired if K. was paid to appear in it "or wonls to that elleet" which the sanguinary fluid of the legal Salt Laker couldn't, brook, and he in turn queried whether wheth-er the previous ijuerist meant lo insult in-sult him; to which tho response was that he might construe it as he pleased. Like a thunderln.ilt cleaving the cloudless heavens on a summer day: like a dun-colored duck lighting on a June hug; like a hotel clerk adding extras to a bill already enormously heavy; like anything that does i(s work suddenly nnd etlbetually, so did U. poise high in air one of those tomes of legal learning borne there to worry the court and bother the bar; and brought it down with vengeful force on D.'e devoted head, 'Twas done! Then there was hurrying to and fro, 1 and the dividing table soon ceasal to bean obstruction. The science of law-was law-was forgotten, but that of "with a one-two-three-and here you go with your bunch of fives," was suddenly re-memberal. re-memberal. Ere the bulky form of the deputy marshal could intervene ; ere the Court recovered from its amazement; ere the bystanders exactly ex-actly knew whiit was die qiaer, first, one legal ''ina-wlcy" encountered another legal face ; and then tho owner of the "mawley" belonging to tho party of tho second part returned tho compliment with effective force. Bui those people didn't seem to have any appreciation of the right kind of thing and how it should be done. There was a gMriT ous chance for a nol-Ie "mill." one that the -'' r' would bare rejoical in andthe j't"-''"; have paid for a report of, Yet the crowd actually mtorfei-al to stop the fraternal fra-ternal amusement ; and when all had quiolal down the Court had the mercilcssness to fine tlie gentlemen who had thus undertaken lo allbrd a little relaxation, by varying the dull monotony of ordinarv legal proceedings. proceed-ings. And so it ended; the episode passal into history; and the bloal of each belligerent resumed its wontal mild ad kindly How, |