St. Johnsbury Caledonian

Mr. Campbell's Legal Adventure.

Robert J. Campbell of New York had an odd and even awkward experience one day which illustrates forcibly a peculiar phase in the practice of law in the metropolis. Returning home late at night, he was attacked and severely beaten by a drunken stranger. To allay the apprehension of his family Mr. Campbell explained that he had been struck by a street car. He was put to bed and a maid sent out for liniment and bandages. She returned with a strange doctor, who proceeded at once to make a minute examination.

The examination disclosed that the patient was suffering countless injuries, most of them incurable, to his spine, knees, thighs, shoulders and arms. Mr. Campbell, who knew how little he was hurt, was even alarmed by the result, and his family were thrown into almost senseless fear. The following day the doctor returned and announced that he was not a physician at all, but an "accident" lawyer-that is, one who sues corporations for damages resulting from physical injuries. He also brought with him several alleged witnesses to the street car accident, all of whom were willing to swear to anything for a consideration.-Saturday Evening Post.