The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-31
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The retirement of Justice Gray, of the
Uniter States Supreme Court, has fur
nished text for many "reminiscences OF
his earlier days. While he was MEM
Der of the Supreme Court of Massachu-
sets he had an amusing experience with
a certain Boston lawyer, an exceedingly
pious man with a taste for evangelical
ton. who had his letter heads printed
with verse from Scripture in large
type following the name and address. On
one occasion, having to make an ex parte
preliminary argument before Judge Gray
in chambers, in which it would be neces-
sary to disclose certain parts of his
clients case which he desired not to
make generally public until the trial, he
wrote the judge a note, asking that he
be allowed to speak to him in private.
He was somewhat chagfined when his
note came back to him with scrawl across
the bottom: Request denied with a sug-
gestion from the court that counsel
base future petitions on more appro-
pirate citation"
For moment he could not make out
the meaning of this, as he was not aware
that he had quoted any law; but glancing
up the page he discovered that he had
written his note on letterhead bear
ing this text:
I'VE are bought with price '-Satur-
day Evening Post.
In "An American at Oxford, John
Corbin tells a story of Jowett, VINO at
one time was master of Balliol An un-
dergraduate named Barnes had been so
independent of his tutor that he was
sent up to the head of the college,
which is not at all a promotion. When
he reported the master was writing, and
merely paused to say, ''Sit down, MIR.
Barnes You are working with MIR. Dom
kin. are you not?' The culprit said he
WEE, and sat down. Jowett wrote on,
page after page, while the undergraduate
fidgeted. Finally Jowett looked up and
remarked: Mr.. Donkin says you are not.
Good morning. After that the under
graduate was more inclined to work with
Mr.. Donkin.
The following is told of ventriloquist,
now famous, but at the time of this
happening so hard up he used to walk
between the cities where he was to APP
pear On one of these tours he came to
Philadelphia on foot and on the road he
picked up a miserable little dog because
it looked so much like he felt" The
story will explain what became of the
dog.
The first house he came to was a
, saloon, and of course he wanted drink.
He had no money, but went in anyhow
to see what he could do. The proprietor,
a German, said.
Well, what will you have?"
He said: 'Ill take a little whiskey,'
and then, turning to the dog, he asked:
What will you have?'
I'll take a ham sandwich"
The German was SO surprised he al
most tainted. He looked at the dog a
moment and then asked:
What did you say?''
Il said ham sandwich"
Hans thought it wonderful that a dog
should be able to talk, and asked who
had trained him, how long it had taken,
ETC., and wound up with:
How much you take for him?'
oh said Mr.. Ventriloquist, 81
wouldn't sell him at any price, but 1 am
little hard up now, and if you will lend
me $50 I'll leave him with you till bring
the money"
''All right said Hans. 81 just want
him for little while, SO l can show
him to some smart people l know around
here"
So everything was settled, the money
paid, etc., and as the ventriloquist went
out he turned and waved his hand to the
dog and said:
We'll, goodby, Jack. I'll come back
soon.''
You mean on-of-a-gun, to sell me
for SS0 after Two dnpa fo,. want Co
help me Moses, I'll never speak another
word as long as 1 livel"
And he didn't