ELIJAH WAYLAND, a noted wag and still living, rather got the better of the late JUDGE HIGBEE, who was a leading attorney of the McDonough County bar, and particularly excelled in drawing from a witness all there was in the case. The suit was brought by the railroad against WILLIS WAYLAND, the father of Elijah, and Mr. Higbee was the attorney for the plaintiff. During the trial, Elijah, who was then a lad, was called upon for the especial purpose of ascertaining if his father could read. The son promptly answered that his father could not, and further questioning brought out other details. In the cross-examination Judge Higbee quietly, and with seeming indifference, asked the boy if his father used any books. With equal promptness Elijah answered, yes; that his father used the family Bible on Sunday mornings. The Judge at once called his attention to the fact that he had already testified that the old gentleman could not read. With seeming innocence, Elijah answered that his father never read the Bible; but he found its leather covers pretty good for razor straps when he was about to shave on Sunday mornings. The laugh which followed was general and hearty, and no one entered with more zest into the joke that did Judge Higbee.