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Court is in session, and so far setbacks have ruled the day. As they wait, Abner talks to Lum about the admirable way Lizabeth can plow a field. Their lawyer, Mr Walford, seems more interested in his racing forms than in defending their case. Not to mention he’s kind of chummy with Squire.
Today its Abner’s turn to take the witness stand. How will Abner do against the legal scrutiny? Will their legal questions get himtripped up, or will Abners answers get the court confused?
Will things go badly again today? Will Abner’s testimony hurt the case like Lum’s did? Maybe he can undo Lum’s mistake. Or not.
PS: In being sworn in, Abner gives his middle name. Has he ever done that before? he claims it’s Finnly.
Regarding Abner’s middle name, I don’t remember the first time he said it, but there is at least another episode with Grandpap calling him by his full name. Abner’s middle name was based on Tuffy Goff’s first name: Findley Norris Goff:
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/tuffy-goff-1269/?fbclid=IwAR0xubO5nyBI2Xxl9IN0R_Ddf18Z-0SPmlA0u1r5yoOVhe5lMFbhDXJPg9w
Interesting, now I’ll have to go back and listen to all those older shows and see if I can’t find that.
It may be somewhere in the same era. They’re arguing over something. Maybe a checker game. Incidentally, online I found other spellings – “Norris Finley Goff” and “Findlay Norris Goff” – but hopefully the Encyclopedia of Arkansas has it right. I’m sure we published it correctly in “The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” – somewhere – during those 23 years! And all those will be online by early next year.