It is related of Thomas F, Marshall, an American lawyer, that a judge having once fined him $30 for contempt of court, he rose and asked the judge to lend him the money, as he hadn't it, and there was no friend present to whom he could so well apply as to his Honour. This was a poser. The judge looked at Ton* and then at the clerk, and finally said, "XJlerk, remit Mr Marshall's fine ; the State is abler to lose $30 than I am."
Fn'pbably the most remarkable sense of humor ever known was that of a German soldier who laughed uproariously all the time he was being flogged, and when the officer at the end inquired the cause of his mirth, he broke out into a fresh fit of laughter, and cried, " Why I'm the wrong wan,"
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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5213, 1 October 1885, Page 2
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140Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5213, 1 October 1885, Page 2
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