The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-23


remarks.
Following Judge Kelly toasts were
responded to as follows "The Bench
as Seen from the Bar" w. s. Dich',
"wrlts of Estrepment," George NJ.
Watson; compulsory Arbitration"
Frank l.. Phillips "Wurse and Verse;"
Richard ]. Beamish; "rhe Junior Bar"
John M. Gunster; "Torts," James
Gardner Sanderson.
MIR. Diehl during brief serious pc.
riod of his response happened to say.
"It is not for me to say how the bar
looks upon the bench" Don't don't,
keep that quiet" some one cried out
and Mr. Diehl had to take a new tack
MIR. Diehl started to tell story about
Blackstone. Some one with serious
air inquired. "Who the deuce Is hep
and the laugh nearly "phazed' the
speaker.
wR1Ts FOR EsTREPEMENT.
Mr.. Watson told in a truly humorous
vein. of his efforts to find out what
"wrts of estrepement" meant, maxi
ing several happy hits on the Judges
and lawyers. In his concluding re-
marks, Mr.. Watson said: II had All
old uncle who was wont to console me
with, George. when 1t rains, let 1t
rain Like Judge Kelly, / can Cay 1
bear no malice towards anyone as a
result of the campaign we have just
passed through. l am n firm believer
in that good old American doctrine
of ma iority rule being the law of the
land. Judge Kelly, / congratulate you
on your victory, and I hope you will
fully fulfill every hope reposed in you,
every promise you have made"
Three cheers for Watson were given
with a will and "Vhat's the matter
with WatsOn?" evoked III xhunderous,
Hes all right" and 1t had the true
ring of heartiness to 1t.
Mr.. Phillips reputation as q story
teller suffered none by his effort last
night. He concluded with one of the
best things of the evening, a. toast
which he says was loaned him yester-
day by his friend, Marshall p. Wilder,
whom he saw in New York at the
horse show. 1t was Here's to our
wives and our sweethearts; may they
never meet"
Mr.. Beamish read his poem at this
juncture 1t was provocative of an un-
ending succession of laughter, APP
plause ana witty Interruptions. 1t Is
as follows:
THE TALE OF BAyLOR's POND.
Lakes there arc where muskallongc
And gamy pike. like silver flashes,
Dart he reeds and rocks among
And make their piscidal dashcs,
Rivers where the salmon hide
. And bays where turks the kingy tarpon;
Paradiscs where abide
All kinds OF fish that Waltcns harp on.
But none of these INV song.
A less than lake has all The glory,
Daylors Pond lies deep and long
Not more, however, than my story.
Never yet was water famed
As is this little sheet in Benton.
Many litgants have claimed
4 legal right to pitch 4 tent on
Messy banks where. it is said,
One might behold most every minute
4 dozen fishes leap their bed.
So Billy Baylor loved to spin it.
But the right OF piscary
Brought cases Common Pleas and Oyer
And that's the reason why you sec
They made of Billy b. 4 lawyer.
The celebrated Jarndyce case
Sinks into desuetudc entire
When opposite to 1t YOU place
This towering Baylor legal spirc.
Countless were the lawyers heard
On either side in this great battle.
Marvellous the depths they stirred
III arguments OH real and chattel.
And, the while each made his plea.
His mind turned to the dartinS fishes
In that deep pond. He sighed "Ah me!
To angle there, my dearest wish is
Ctc glory laden day in spring
When every living thing was dancing
With rushing life there came thing
That wondrons seemed beyond all chaNclns.
Billy Baylor asked Il set
OF gallant fisherman to tarry
At the pond and there to get
More gainy fish than they could carry.
You should have seen tile eager haste
With which the lawyers seized their tackles,
Selected bait to suit each taste
And freed themselves RON legal shaciles.
And then the stirring sport began
Diehl caught crab in one wild tusse
With his oar and Donovan
And VI. +. Sando caught hustle.
Coson caught his bated breath.
And Bertholt caught an air for fiddle.
Levy nearly caught his death
While so,lsed in water to his middle.
Corbett caught a royal blue
Mcdonald caught "two pairs Of lade -
Their horses caught the Epzoo
And, all the while, poor Bill caught tlaics.
Apropos OF this sad rhyme.
There happened lately an election
Which resulted in due time
In most popular selection.
Every voter, | suppose.
Both pro an gave him well wishes,
Judge Kelly has many foes
As Baylors pond that day showed FISHES.
THE JUNIOR BAR.
During the course of an ELOQUENT
tribute to the Junior Bar" Mr.. Cum
Ster referred in most complimentary
terms to Judge Kelly. chamcterizing
him as a man of peculiar fitness for the
position he Occupies one who enjoys
the respect of the whole community,
and one who can be expected to add
some new lustre and more reknown to
the LackaWanna bench.
Mr.. Sanderson proved himself an
entertainer of no mean ability and it
was with regret that the assemblage
saw him sit down, notwithstanding
that it was then long past the mid
night hour. He can be counted upon
as u fixture on the programme of bar
banqucts.