'COUNTY-COURT DAY' The monthly sitting of the County Court in a country market town is an event of much interest in all the villages around, so many of the causes concerning agricultural people.

'County-Court Day' is looked upon as a date in the calendar by which to recollect when a thing happened, or to arrange for the future.
As the visitor enters the doorway of the Court, at a distance the scene appears imposing.

Brass railings and red curtains partition off about a third of the hall, and immediately in the rear of this the Judge sits high above the rest on a raised and carpeted dais.

The elevation and isolation of the central figure adds a solemn dignity to his office.

His features set, as it were, in the wig, stand out in sharp relief--they are of a keenly intellectual cast, and have something of the precise clearness of an antique cameo.