Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . tenances and suitably dished was placedimmediately in front of the guest of honor. The grosser part of the feast concluded, the toast wasproposed: The Sage of the Bar. Slowly arising, Mr. Evartssurveyed for a moment the dish before him, and began: Whata wonderful transition! An hour ago you beheld a goosestuffed with sage; you now behold a sage stuffed with goose! It is not entirely forgotten that during the administrationof which Mr. Evarts was a part, total abstinence was faith-fu
Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . tenances and suitably dished was placedimmediately in front of the guest of honor. The grosser part of the feast concluded, the toast wasproposed: The Sage of the Bar. Slowly arising, Mr. Evartssurveyed for a moment the dish before him, and began: Whata wonderful transition! An hour ago you beheld a goosestuffed with sage; you now behold a sage stuffed with goose! It is not entirely forgotten that during the administrationof which Mr. Evarts was a part, total abstinence was faith-fully enforced in the great dining-room of the ExecutiveMansion upon all occasions. To those who knew the Secre-tary of State, it is hardly necessary to say that he had littlesympathy with this arrangement, that to him it was a custom more honored in the breach than the observance. Now it so happened that at a state dinner, upon a time,a mild punch in thimbleful instalments was served to theguests in lieu of more generous beverages. Raising the tinyvessel and bowing to the Austrian Ambassador at his side, 262. WILLIAM M. EVARTS
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