Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-07-14

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w Y \ENMNNT IilS rrtOrtS were
hA ! Y IEN., . usually crush
AeN ing, ovcrwhclm-
ing. \ famous
example occurred in congress- Butler
intimated that II proliX speaker WAS
transgrcsSIng the limits of debate.
"Why. general" said the member
rcproaChfully, you divided your time
with me"
Il know l did" rcjoncd Butler but
l didn't divide eternity with you"
At another tIme-th this was while But
Ter was still Il Republican, proposed
Il Sunday session. Samuel J. Randall,
the Democratic leader. opposed this ns
II dcseCration of the Sabbath
"Oh, pShaw," responded Butler, don't
the Bible say that 1t Is lawful to pull
your OK or ass ont of Il pit on the Sab
bath day. You have seventy three
asses on your side of this house that
l want to get out of this ditch, and |
think l am engaged in a holy work"
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but he was II terror to judges One day
he had hadgcrcd an occupant of the
bench until the judge, ont of all pa
tience, petulantly asked. What does
the counsel suppose | am on this bench
fort' Scratching his head II minute,
Butler replied, well. | confess your
honOr's got me there"
General Butler once asked a young
lawyer to brief Il case. The attorney
did so, but left the brief at home on the
table However, he said he had the
whole case In his head and could pre-
sent it from memory.
Young man." said the general 'the
next time you have Il brief to prepare
for me bring me the brief and leave
your head at home on the table"
A client of Hutlcr had stolen key
out of Il door and was arrested for lar
ccny. The general got him off on the
plea that n key when in Il door is real
estate and to steal real estate was not
then larceny under the Massachusetts
law.
When Il member of the MnSSachu-
settS legislature, Butler as minority
leader adopted dilatory tactics and rails
ed successive points of order The ma
jorIty leader was named Lord, and he
opposed Buffers points The speaker
decided in Lords favor invariably and
often adopted that gcntlcmnn's exact
phraseology in doing SO, whereupon
Ben said the presiding officer was in
the position of Saul on the road to Da-
mascuS when he inquired, Lord, what
wilt thou have me dof"
Butler having legal advertisement
to place, the court asked him to desig-
nate Il paper. He named an opposition
paper. the Lowell Advertiser
Il don't know such paper" said the
clerk of the court disdalnfully.
Pray, Mr. Clerk" said Butler, do
not interrupt the proceedings Of the
court, for if you begin to tell us what
you don't know there will be ro time
for anything else"
Once while handling a witness rather
disreSpectfully Mr.. Butler was remind
ed that he was questioning Il professor
of Harvard coz e. He replied:
81 am aware of 1t, your honor. We
hung one of them the other day"
When in command at New Orleans
General Butler received a report from
one of his colonels that on account Of
disturbance he had been obliged to
shoot one of the mutineers. The gen
eral read the paper carefully and In
dOrsed on the back, shoot another"
and sent it back to the colonel.
one of the most remarkable fast day
procamations ever issued in America
Of Massachusetts. After requesting the
people to suspend secular occupations
on the appointed day he added And l
do specially eXhort the ministers OF the
gospel on that day to feed their fiocks
the divine word and not discourse upon
political and other secular topics which
divert the serious thoughts of the peo-
pie from the humble worship of the Fa-
ther."
At the BEGINNING of the war Il rather
otliciOus lieutenant colonel detailed to
Butler the qualifications necessary to
Il successful commander. Butler led
him on till he had exhausted all the
young mans ideas on the subject.
''Do YOU think of any other quallfica-
tion necessary" asked the general.
The lieutenant colonel answered In
the negative.
"Well, colonel" said Butler. 81 think
there is one thing more which you have
not namcd aud which You evidently
don't know anything about"
"Ah. general. what is that?"
brains. colonel; brains!'