Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-16
JUDGE MILLEK's MADEIRA STORY.

JUDGE MILLER'S MADEIRA STORY.
An ord Dodge Which a Member of the SUI
preme Court Broke Up.
Washington Letter.
Speaking of wines and dinners, 1 am re-
minded of what shall have to call the
'Old Madeira Dodge" There is no reason
Philadelphians should know anything
about it, for there is no pretense in Phila-
delphia. The Veneerings do not live there.
You must know that the judges of the su-
preme court are the highest of the high in
social life. There are only nine of them.
They are in for life and get $4,000 a year
apiece. They, of course. are invit-
ed everywhere-generally in a body,
a practice which they hate like a
famine. You can easily see the reason.
Each has his stock of jokes and stories, his
illustrations, his history, his recollections,
and his big cases. Each one has told these
over and over again, and they individually
have heard the same thing from their
brothers of the bench for so many years
that the thing affects them like their
thirtieth quail. But this is Madeira
story. remember hearing Mr.. Justice
Miller recount his experience with the old
Madeira fend. He said that one of the
first things he noticed in social life in
Washington was the existence of a large
amount of fine, rich old MADEIRA in this
city. He would go with his associates to
the house of leading lawyer. Before the
dinner would be over the host would
say that he had some Madeira he
would like to have his friends taste
nothing like it in the country-only a few
bottles left, the present a great occasion,
and one bottle quite enough to go round
Next the court would dine with cabinet
ofhcer-same old story-gentlemen, let
me beg of you to try this old Madeira
nothing like it in the world-an old in
voice of my grandfather's-never get a
glassful like it in your life, wonderful
gentlemen, wonderful beg you to try it.
The court goes next to senator's house,
The dinner, gentlemen, has not been
worthy the occasion, but 1 have something
that will make you feel glad you came.
1t is glass of old Madeira 100000 years
old. I'll tell you how 1 got hold of it.
Some years ago I obtained for young
man an appointment i'll the navy. He
felt very grateful, and wanted to know
what he would do for me. l told him,
just as ne was going to sail, to get some
good Madeira. Gentlemen, he was ten
years getting this wine. He had to pay
$500 a bottle for it, and even at this price
was only able to find few bottles. You'll
find it worth drinking, gentlemen. This
sort of thing lasted for a year or two.
Every house into which the Judge went had
some celebrated old Madeira. l don't
know how 1t was with the other Judges, but
Miller, who never pretends to anything,
and is noted for his level-headed common
sense, and is as great hater of shams as
l ever saw. became very tired of the old
Madeira.
Andy johnson was president, and o.
Il. Browning, of Illinois, was secretary of
the interior. Browning was a fussy old
fellow with ruf1ied shirts and dignified
manners. He lived very nicely and very
quietly on Georgetown heights. He asked
the judges to dinner. They came. Good
dinner. At the proper time old Browning
demanded the attention of his guests. he
said that he did not often comment on the
things he set before his guests. He thought
it vulgar, but he had something so rare
that he thought he might be excused.
Then Miller knew that Madeira was COM
ing) In fact, he wanted to call the atten-
ton of his friends to some rare old Madei-
"a he had-smooth as oil and fit for the
gods. He had obtained it from some bank
rupt king or prince, and there was moth
iHg like it in the world. Gentlemen, said
he, let US taste 1t. AS l haye said, nobody
in the world hates sham more than Mil
Ter, and he could not stand the Madeira
business any longer, so he said: Snow,
Browning, look here. We have had
too much of this d Madeira business.
We have not been in house in Washing
ton for the last three years that the finest
glass of finest old Madeira in the world
has not been set before US, and the thing
is getting little tiresome. Now, Brown
ing, you are from Quincy, ILL.,, and I am
from Keokuk, Iowa. Neither of US know
d thing about Madeira, and both of us
had rather have poor whisky without COM
ment than the finest of Madeira with such
fulsome commentator. Put your Ma
deira aside; let's have glass of whisky"
That little speech was noised abroad, and
strange to say, it very properly stopped
hosts from reminding guests what great
attention was being shown them, especially
as to Madeira.
In Rockville, CT, certain manufacturers
have erected on their factories loud
screaming whistles, causing much annoy
ance to persons who want to enjoy their
morning maps. Some of the most pro-
nounced opposition to the whistles comes
from church deacon. The sanctuary
which this good man attends has large
noisy bell. Some of the manufacturers
and their adhere nts are taking vengeful
comfort by circulating a petition to have
this bell muzzled.
That Husband of Mime
Is three times the man he was before he began
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