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A Rare Old Story

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
February
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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The aneedote in i rivctit issue of The New about -'Uilly" Gr.iv, theonea uumMM and brilliaut lawyer ofthis city, now sorae ten year In i rótve, recalli to mind set eral Mories ciUalh lni' and charaetei -.-tic, one of whicli is wortli narrating. In the dayi when the supreme oonrt uwd t al témate lu slttíngs between Lanaing and Detroit i athe. raahlon for the bar of cii tu trive a supper once ayear, whicli the judgei brranaDly attendeu by invitation. It was tlie occasion for the colleotion at om lioard of the legal leaminr, the uir. culture and medloerHy of the state. Wine Bowed frecly, pi-ccii( - were made, aiul tlie compaiiy w as entertainod by a few uitsand borêd by the prosaie utteraiicc- of others. A MEMOUAI'.LE OCCASION. On 1 1 10 aooatioe referred to the banqoet ived at tiie Bidille house, wbicb m then Die hotel of tlie town. The bar was out n force, anti the supreme benen was repreoented bj Justlcea Cootey, -raiiiiiiig. and Cliiisliaiicv. "Bllly" (Iray was al" there, mul. in occordaDce witli his anfortúnate habit, looked opon tlic wlne wlienit was red. In faet becaine uinisiially exhllarated, and quite early In ilic evenlng tlie word was iiss(.(l uround the board tluit "Iiillv" was ¦off." The banquet proceeded, and alter the table luid lieeii cleared Cigan were lightedand the eompany settled down i,, Im :n culnuistie of the ennine and the OWB- oM WKI.I.-WOIiN AND HACKNEVED TIIKMI. "Billy" was not down on the program tot a speech, and the way lie liducted in hlsehair. and the peculiar glimmer in his eyes, led several of the gathering who knew hiin best to sus)ect that he w;is medItating a practical joke. a drive at mmbody, ni' a scheine to enliveii the entertainimiii. Betwem the apstebw beaatonished the iiudietiee by polllng hiinself to his lcgs by ¦ -cries ot mooeaaive jerks, and graaping the back of ¦ obair addreaaed the loastma-tei. The lattci" rearded him in painful silente, anda haah feil upou the t. -uw throng. Gray watone of thoae ftw men who can niakc as good a speech when intoxicated as ulien sober, lic was not like Charles üe.ide's hero, "in that state ot' mental confusión, whcrein the appeared to have a memory independent of the mind." (ir.iv only (TOtdniBk in the lega, and it was wilh greal dlfflculty that he makafced those unruly members and malatalned an upright pontion. "Mr. Cliairinaii." said he, "I - I- want (0 makc a - B - speech." Soine ot the eompany looked glum, somo expectant, and some laugbed outrignt ¦I'in not down on the program," continued Bllly, "bol Tin ginr to make a ¦peoch, jltM tlie saine- Olie) !'' Be then wiilkcd down to where tl' JueUeei of the suprene coort sat, stcadyii . blmself by tlie backs of eaalra, and -TKIKIM. .N III 1 I Dl beforo tbc leaxnedaod pnczled jtidiciary, Ite straightened up, and tbrowlngout liirigbt baod and forefltifrer wlUi a "fcic," wUicli made ilif oompnny start, Bltly opened liis battery. ¦¦.Mr. ('li:iinn:iM, l'rr l .-niMcthing t) -iy tu tboee honorable entleraen f polnwni t Jmiiios Manniog, Cooley and Chrtotfmcy], and I'in golng lo lay it now ! I am no orator, u Uwm gentlemen are Indical (ng tlioM' aiiout board], bnt, aa jrm Itnow me ülli a plaln blnut man tliai lova (mili. Ilciiic I liac in( been Invitei in -;ik , there was nfl noni on tin gildei progran tor mv. I bave Hctened lo tlic eulofttea and oratorioal Ikntaitiei of Uimi Eentieaien iijkjii you [pointiag u the jiid's] iintil forbearanoe baa ceaaed t t ;i vhiiii' ; and althougb aft wcuiiaWlii h:ic rocceeded in pretervlne an eqnable Imllir ut llliml lll'oll all OCOHsionS '""" H ;¦ ,1,' and order i luilt." Ui iv ihc pentlcmeii al the furtlicrend "t tiililc lnneü back their Hiiriciila Mi cntch i vivy word ol Bllly'í remarte, mul the laUei eoiitinued: Wlinare'you. gentlemen ; Amwcr me - whu are pou lukt you ihould !¦ en ed ' Are yóu :my better tlian wc wlio made jrou wlmt yon ;irc? I'll tcll yon (lul. W put you "i', and ¦ can pulí roo i" n. w Iimi ilie dlfierence betwceu yonnd u? riliili yon: jatttlirec fect; that's nll! Don'i ¦'" mke mtstakci? CU conree you ,l(i: fot yon are 'ml men, and men are fallible. Uentlemea, 1 Uavo long wanted to (olí you jusi whal I thought of yon. but iicvcr ii.nl ilic chance. W all respeci ¦ voo ontward ly, npon tlic bcuch We bow IB icvi reme helcuc yon. aild nicekly ulimi to j owr ruling and declëion,even v ben they're rfoBg. But we lanyfa :it yon i" ¦ecral nd afliong ounelveti 1 triol a cae h.i.iie you u tooraWig In whicli too iii:h lf a wrong ruling. I toid you ío, ii,i yon wouldD't henr me. I wat right, and ererybody here knowj ít. ou inadc yourmIvc- ridfculoiis, We [bere BUly named half a dozen of the lawyjrg present, wliox boes usnined a vernillnon boe] hmgffal l yon for It. Why, gentlemen, there. are abler nien Ihan yon iltUng round ilii festivi' board. Jnt reinember thal ' " A PAB&LY2ED CROW D Qray eontinued for half nn hour to lian! the judgea orer the coala. The bar wa pnralymd. The Jodgei thenuelvaí wore Imperturbable eouatenancea, and wben at aal 1(H atdo n huau llke thal of deatli wm opon Uie uaembly, Final ly thetoasi nuwter found bii teniea and propounded the nei sciitiincni. bul the spenker's remtrka feil flal after the phlllpplc of the diuntlesa BHly Qray. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Ilair Rcnewet t the molt reüuble artide i" ue Ib v: stoiinp gray liair to ín uriuimil ei)or and iironiotinc it jrrowtli.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News