The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
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ST0RIFS 3, Eli ps,lin.
1AVMAL0 Ia ST. Louis ).
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The last time I met Wjr;,u
Evarts. our late great lawyer and y
lomat. was on the Boston and nsu.p-
train going up to his old Windsnr es,ae
farm. ",
Have you seen your son sha,u
today?" I asked. holding up a newa4
per with a quarter page cut in !. pS-
mo. 1 can't see anything you Know.
Tn almost blind"
Il brought tears in my evee
the great statesman open hi. y
eyes and still o be able to geo polhd
Sherman Evarts, the boy he woruhS;ssser
AS we passed New Haven I as,ssa .nL
lawyer how one ought to lie in ths p sns
man to sleep Well-'head to the ens dn'
or feet?" >'siAe
You shouldn't come to a lawvs, Ia,
such a question as that, ELI" he YIN
That's & railroad question. Yon ph say;
go to a railroad man with that WV
should go to Depew." ioa
But Depew is a lawyer, isn't bsgr ,
said. |
Well, yes, Depew is a lawvar-
a lawyer; but all the law Depew know
wouldn't bias his answering any nUss
ton" 9ues'
a moment afterward Evarts smiled arr
~ and said: When you ask nc whe.hs,
you snou!d lie on the right or left side "a
eietp well, perhaps I ought to say that ~
your case, Ell, you will lie anyway"
When Depew asked Evarts what \.
thought eventually would become Of an
the thoroughly wicked and depraved h.
said: ~
We'll, Mr.. Depew, they all probably NIL,
practice law a little while. Their eyentuan"
go into politics and become congressma,,
or senator's"
Judge Brady. for many years a popula,
city Judge in New York. could tell hun.
dreds of legal stories. especially ahon,
Irish witnesses.
One day" said the Judge, "o'Rayertv
was up before me for ~assaulting Patrick
Murphy.
mfr. o'Rarerty.' I said, now. wbv ds.
you strike Mr.. Murphy?'
Because, yer honor, Murphy would
rot give me g civil
What was the civil question you asked
him?'
asked him as polite as yeZ phase. yv
honor, say I: Murphy. amt your oy,
brother the biggest thafe on Manhattan
Island. excepting yourself and yer uncle
who ts absint in the p~enitentlary IN SIM
Sing7"'
"'And what rude answer did he CIV,
to such a civil question:
He sGId to me: "Av course, O'Ra..
ferty. pristnt company excepted" SO I
said: Murphy. you're another" and
thin, yer honor, struck him wild me ast,
I did,"
The most laughable d.gnifed anti.
climax perhaps eve made vas made BY
Mr.. Evarts when he was Swinging around
the circle" with President HAYES. Mr.,
Evarts and q few friends drank the cham.
payne and did the speechmaking during
the famous tourney across the continent
while President Hayes and Lucy, his
wife, entertained the temperance people
and Y. M. c. AS
In Omaha q dinner was given TO the
president and his rty, and as usual Il
fell upon MI. Evarts to make the after.
dtnner speech. In nis speech, OF course,
he cemplimented the west and ended up
his line OF sweet sayings in the following
ant!-cimax, delivered In tho great ora.
tors most dignihed and impressive man.
ner:
yes gentlemen and ladies Of Omaha, 7
like your great and growing west. I like
her self made men; and the moro l travel
west. the more l meet her public men, the
more I am convinced OF the truthfulnea
OF the bible statement that the wise men
came-came from eaatr''
Then came a great cheer, ending Ia
Shouts Of laughter.
The only thing that saved you" said
Editor Rosewater of the Bee, as he
grasped EvRrts' hand. SIS the fact that.
there really are not ten men in this audi.
ence that dent come from the east
your anti-c&max is taken as q compl.
ment."
Horace Porter. lawyer and ambassador
to France. told me this story on Bishop
Potter: II seems that Bishop Potter en-
gagged q worldly coachman who formerly
was employed by Richard Croker. the
patron saint Of Tammany Hall.
ON Sunday morning said General Por.
ter, the new c~oachman drove Bishop Pot.
ter to the rear entrance of Grace church
on Fourth avenue. and then started for q
saloon across the way.
Here, Patrick said the surprised
olshop. don't go In there! Come back
But Patrick went right into the saloon,
stayed a moment, and came out wipins
his mouth on HIS sleeve.
Didn't you hear me call you. Patrick
asked the bishop sternly.
Yts, yer reverence, I did-indade, !
dio!' said Pat regretrully.
But why didn't you come back
u would have stopped, yer reverence"
SAID Pat humbiy, ''b0t on me sonl-bad
luck to mel didn't have the price FEY
SUt one drink"