Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26

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Judge Miller on Madeira
Speaking of wines and dinners,
am reminded OF what l shall have "a
call the sold Madeira dodge" There
Is no reason Philadelphia should
know anything about It, for there |,
no pretense In Philadelphia. The
Veneerlngs do not live thsre. You
must know, Mr.. Editor, that the
judges Of the supreme court are the
highest Of the high In social life.
There are only nine of them, They
are In for life, and.get $40, 900 year
apiece. They, Of course, are invited
everywhere generally In . body--s
practice which they hate Ike . fam.
inc. You can.e easily see the reason.
Each has his stock Of jokes and
stories, his illustrations, his history,
his r~eoollsotions and his big ase
Each one has told these over and ovsr
again, and they individually have heard
the same thing from.their brothers Of
the bsnnh for 30 many years that the
thing Affects them like their thirtieth
quail. But this 10 . Madeira story
I remember hearing Mr.. Justice MIL
ler recount his experience With the old
Madeira iiend. He aid that one OF
the first thi ags he noticed In social life
in Washington waA the existence Of q
large amount Of fine, rloh, old Msdei.
ra in this city. He would 90 with
his associates to the house Of . lead
Ing lawyer. Before the dinner was
over, the host would say tina he had
some Madeira he would like to have
his guests tase-nothing like 1t In
the oountry-only . few bottles left,
the present q great occasion and one
bottle quite enough to 60 round, Mex
he would dine with q cabinet officer
same old story-Gentlemen, let me bes
you to try this old Misunderstanding
like 1t In the world-an old invoice Of
my OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to get 9
glass full like 1t In your life, wonder
full, gentlemen, wonderful beg yol
to try 1t. The court goes next to
senator's no Use, The dinner, gentle
men, has not been worthy Of the COCA
sion, but I have something that vii
make you feel glad you came. 1t 10
glass Of old Madeira 400, 900 year
old. I'll tell you how I got hold of 1t
Some years ago I obtained for . younl
man an appointment In the navy; h
felt very grateful and wanted to know
what he could do for me.
told him, just as he was going to sail
to get mt some good Madeira. Gen
tlemsn, he was ten years getting m
this wine. He had to pay 5000 . bot
tie for It., and sven at this price wa
only able to get q few bottles. You'll
find 1t worth drinking, gentlemen
This sort Of thing lasted for q year o
two. Every house into which tn
judge went had some celebrated oil
Madeira. don't know how 1t wa
with the other judges, but Miller, VIII
never pretends to know anything, AM
Is noted for his level-headed oommo
sense, and II as great q hater Of sham
as I yer saw, became very tired of tn
old Madeira business, and only waite
for an opportunity to proclaim hi
ideas. It oame In time.
] Andy johnson was president, an
g. II. Browning, Of Illinois, wa sec
rotary Of the interior. Browning wa
. fussy old fellow, with rufl4d shir,
and digniisd manuer. He lived vor
nicely and very quietly on Georaetow
Heights. He asked the judges I
dinner. They came Good dinner
At the proper time old Browning d.
manded the attention of his guest
lie said thst he did not often commsl
on the things he set before his guest
He thought It vulgar, but he hs
something so rare he thought b
might be excused. Then Miller kne
that Madeira wal coming In fac
he wanted to call tho attention Of h
friends to some rare old Madeira b
had-smooth 81 oil, and fit for Il
gods. He had obtained 1t from SON
bankrupt king or prince, and thel
was nothing like 1t In tho worlt
Gentlemen, said he, let us t~,
II. As I have said, nobod
In the world hates q sham mol
than Miller, and he could not stan
the Madeira business any longer, so
said: Snow, browning, look her
J We have had too much Of this d.
MADEIRA business. We have not bee
In q house In Washington for the 10
three years that the finest glass
finest old Madeira In the world h
not been set before us, and the thir
is getting a little tiresom
| Now, Browning, you are fro
Quincy, H., and I am fro
keokuk, Iowa. Neither OF
know a id thing about Nader
and both of us had rather have pc
!, whisky without comment than t
hnest of Madeira with such fulson
commentator. Put your Made'
:. atide. and let's have a glass Of Will
KY" That little speech was nois
abroad, and, strange to say, 1t We
6 properly stopped hosts from remin
ing guests what great attention "
> being shown them, especially as
Madeira.
Buckun a ArnlCR SaIV0.