The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-31
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Two Judgcs--A Punch Bowl-A Hoistcd
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Judge William Cartcr, Of Sheboy-
gan, and Judge Caswcll Marks, of
Hcpin, were both natives of the same
town. In boyhood they had jammcd
the same cats head into the same milk
pitcher, stolen peaches from same tree.
got trounccd by same farmers, and
were otherwise intimate fricndS-aftcr-
wards chums at college, where their
pranks gave much trouble. Later on
years later they parted and became
eminent in their separate adopted
States. Last year they met for the
first time since their parting years be-
fore, and brewcd cOnvivial drink in
honor Of the event.
About midpight full of affection and
punch, they retired to the same bed.
Now this bed was something wonder
full, both in size and construction, be-
ing huge affair, standing in the mid
die of an extremely large room, and
was SO constructed that in cleaning the
room ropes were used in raising it,
bodily, out of the servants way. AS it
was very cool night the two legal lu-
minarics placed their clothing upon
the foot of"thc bed.
Now both these eminent mon had
ncphcws who stood but little in awe of
their august kinsmcn, and were, more
over, chips from the same block. When
satisfied both were asleep four of these
ncphcws entered the room and Quietly
raised the bed nearly to the ceiling,
locked the door on outside, and them
selves retired for the night.
At 3 o'clock a. m. Judge Carter
awokc with that species of thirst which
usually comes after drinking Kentucky
punch, and is known as shot coppcrs."
I4eaping lightly out Of bed to get n
drink Of water, he went whirling down,
alighting with thump on all-fours,
which, fifty years previous, the Judge
long and painful pause rs the Judge
gradually collected his scattered senses
and rose to his feet, then pccrcd up
ward through the darkness and called:
"CaswellW (No rcply.) "Oh, Cas-
welln' (Movcmcnta ab0vc.) "Say, CaZ!"
"Eh?-um?-what?"
Judge Caswcll was now awake, and
listening in wonder to his brother
whose position he could not account
for.
"I'yc fallen through a trap door,"
yelled the atfrightcd Judge. "Gct up,
Caz, and light the lamp"
" mere iic you. NlcIlcu Judge
Marks saying which he framed the
opinion that his honorable brother was
drunk.
"Down here; fell through a trap door
Don't get out ! my side of the bed"
"All right" And Judge Marks slipp-
ed out on his side Of the bed to render
| aid to the friend Of his boyhood days
| With Il crash that was astonishing to
| both, Judge Marks landed below, mar
rowly escaped breaking his neck, and
| both were now thoroughly convinced
that they must have been very drunk
when going to bed.
The nephcws had removed every
chair from the room and closed the
blinds on outside window. The
darkness, together with the strange
ness Of their condition, caused both to
move around but little, and nearly fro
zen to death, at daybrcak they discOv-
cred their bed and managed to climb
into it and got warm enough to talk the
| matter over.
The nophcws kept very quiet regard
ing their share Of the scrape, and 1t Is
needless to say both judges solcmnly
pledged each other never to speak Oi
that nights experience, nor should
mention It but for the fact that both
have become such radical and unrca
s0nable temperance advocates that one
or two OF the ncphcws are quietly Civ
| ing the matter away. REX.