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Show His Proper Field. A colored man was brought before a police judge charged with stealing cliicljjjs. He pleaded guilty and re-y re-y ceived sentence, when the judge asked how it was he manage4 to lift those chickens right under the window of the owner's house when there was a dog loose in the yard. "Hit wouldn't be no use, judge," said the man, "to try to 'splain this thing to yo' all. Ef you was to try it you like as not would get yer hide full of shot an' gt no chickens, nuther. Ef yo' want ' to engage in any rascality, judge, yo' better stick to de bench, whar yo' am familiar." Ladies' Home Journal. |