Show BARNUM FOOLED THE LAWYER great showman had his joke even when on his deathbed the lato late P T barnum was always fond of a loke joke his whole career was studded with instances in which he indulged anis propensity but a few days before his death he summoned his lawyer to the side of the couch where he was lying I 1 am much wor ried he said about a certain mat ter and I 1 want to consult you my neighbor keeps peacocks suppose some of them should fly over into my yard which they are doing all the time and lay some eggs here would these eggs belong to me or would my neighbor compel me to give them up the lawyer having duly auly scratched his head answered well mr bar aura num I 1 in take tahe t me to look into this matter but the best thing for you to do would be to keep the eggs and let your neighbor sue for their possession in that way 5 3 our rights would be determined ter mined and we should have a vain abla teet case lia well said mr barnum while yo you IL are looking into the matter will you find out how it would be II 11 the egg eggs were laid by peahens pea hens the lawyer swore to hina himself self but never made any investigation |