New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25
Premec:Ifated Pausas.


A familiar form of premeditated
pause Is often used by badgering coun-
gel who are wont to pause after each
word OF q question, to give the witness
an idea. that it is of great Importance;
but this rule is not always effective,
as the following anecdore will show.
Counsel: ''Now-what -did-you-do
neutrality-suspicious. prisoner
-threw-a- beer glass at-you?"
WITNESS promptly: Il lodged
Some Time ago joke turning upon
a premeditated pause appeared in one
OF the comic papers, The scene is d
courtroom, and the Judge, addressing
the prisoner. says: ~ fear you are a,
great rogue" With amazing GOODNESS
the prisoner says: "Not such
a fool, my lord, as you''-
here followed a lengthy and evidently
premeditaLed pause--"take me to
be. This manufactured anecdote was
doubtless suggested by the speech
made by Lord George Sackville during
ms trial. The wordseused by his lord
snip were: Il stand here as prison
er unfortunately that gentleman"-
indicating the judge there as nv
Judge" The result Of the on-observ-
ance OF the pause after "unfortunate-
ly" was that Lord George was accus-
ed OF contempt OF court.
Lord Ersklne was in the habit of
making very effective pause in all
letters applying to solicitations for
subscriptions. He wrote: "Sir: |
teel much honored by your applica-
ton to me, and [ beg to "subscribe'
here the reader had to turn over the
leat-'myself your very obedient SER
Vant,' etc.
One OF the best instances of this
form of pause occurred in a letter re-
celved by a popular physician. This
gentleman was pleased with certain
'erated water, andby his recommends
tlons he managed to procure for it
some celebrity. For this he expected
neither reward nor thanks. Imagine
MS surprise, therefore, when he receiv-
ed one day from the makers of the
@rated water an ELUSIVE letter, stat
ing that his kind recommendations
had done SO much good that they ven
tured to send him 1OO-Her the page
turned over. '"This will never do"
SAID the doctor; sit is very kind, but
L Will never think OF accepting any
thing Here he turned the page and
found the sentence ran: "Of our cir
culars for distribution"
1t Is always advisable to hear the
end of a, litororu Gov
instance, once said to one of
his lady friends: "Will you accept my
hand" Gushing maiden-'Why, er
so sudden-so unexpected. Liter
airy man proceeding unmoved j.
hook on political economy?"
Somewhat similar is story told OF
another couple. He: "How bright
the stars are tonight! They are al
most as bright AS" She (expect-
ing ''your eyes"): ooh, you fiatter
me! - He lproceeding): '"rhey were
last night"
Lord Palmerston once made use OF
some very effective pauses which he
could not have prepared beforehand,
and these are worth quoting in con.
Cluslon. While electioneering at Taun-
ton he was greatly troubled by a.,
butcher who wanted him to support
IA certain radical policy. At the end
of one OF his lordship's speeches the
butcher called out: lord Palmerston,
will 20 give me a plain answer to a
plain question:"
After slight pause, Lord Palmers-
ton replied: 81 will" The butcher
then asked: "Will you or will you not
support this measure-a radical bill?"
Lord Palmerston hesitated and then,
with a twinkle in his eye, replied: II
will" Then he stopped. Immedi.
ately the radicals cheered tremendous
ly. "Not," continued his lordship.
Loud conservative cheers. When
these ceased Lord Palmerston finish
ed his sentence-"tell YOU" He then
Immediately retired.