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Show He Never Saw Any. The following Iij;i.us occurred in court at Farmingharn recently: "What day did you fix up the linefenceT' asked the attorney. "The 7th of September," said the witness. "When did you go to work for the plaintiff?" plain-tiff?" "The 1st of September," was the reply. "How long after that when you went to fii the Hue fence?" "About a fortnight." "Is it a fortnight from the 1st of September to the 7th?" asked the astonished attorney. Whereupon the witness coolly replied, "Yes, sir, I think it Ls." A quicker witted reply was that given by a witness at a clof of a tedious cross questioning. ques-tioning. "Now tell me how many sheep you ever saw, under oath, now remember." "1 never saw a sheep under oah," replied the witness, which closed the examination. New York Telegram. |