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Show A Time For All Thing. It became tho solemn duty of a Tex-ns Tex-ns judge to pass sentence on an aged man named George Bliss for stealing a hog. "It is a shame that a man of your age should bo giving up his mind to hog stealing. Do you know any reason rea-son why sentence should not bo pro. nouneed on you according to law?" "Now, Judge," was the reply of the aged sinner, lUiss, "this is getting to be a trille monotonous. I would like to know how a fellow can manage to please you judges. When I was only seventeen years old I got throe years, and tho judge said I ought to be ashamed of mysolf to bo stealing nt my age. When I was forty I got five years, nd that judge said it was a shame that x man in his very best years should steal. And now, whon I am seventy years of ago, here you come and chew over tho same old story. Now, I would like to know what year of a man's life is tho best ono, according to your notion, no-tion, to begin a crime of life." Tho judge told Bliss that if ho wanted legal advice he had better consult with sumo lawyer, and then passed the usual j sentenco of live years. Siftings. |