Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . WILLIAM M. EVARTS. JOE WHEELER THE SAGE OF THE BAR 263 Mr. Evarts in undertone significantly observed, Life-savingstation! To a candid friend — from whom God preserve us —who once took him to task for his lengthy and somewhat in-volved sentences, Evarts replied, Oh, you are not the firstman I ever encountered who objected to a long sentence. During his official term above mentioned, Mr. Evartsaccompanied a prominent member of the British Parliamentto Mount Vernon. Standing in front
Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . WILLIAM M. EVARTS. JOE WHEELER THE SAGE OF THE BAR 263 Mr. Evarts in undertone significantly observed, Life-savingstation! To a candid friend — from whom God preserve us —who once took him to task for his lengthy and somewhat in-volved sentences, Evarts replied, Oh, you are not the firstman I ever encountered who objected to a long sentence. During his official term above mentioned, Mr. Evartsaccompanied a prominent member of the British Parliamentto Mount Vernon. Standing in front of the old mansion, sodear to all American hearts, the distinguished visitor, lookingacross to the opposite shore, remarked: I read in a historythat when Washington was a boy he threw a dollar acrossthe Potomac; remarkable indeed that he could have throwna dollar so far, a mile away across the Potomac; very remark-able indeed, I declare. Yes, replied Evarts, but youmust remember that a dollar would go a great deal fartherthen than it does now. This incident being told to a member of Congress ofHibernian antecedents, he im
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