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Show The Supreme Court Takes Punch. The Supreme Court has its barroom. This room is so hidden away from the public that very little is known of it, as only the Justices and their friends ever succeed in passing by the guards and reaching it. It is next to the disrobing dressing room of the Justices, where these ponderous gentlemen go for the purpose of putting on and taking off their rich robes of shining black silk. This room is a plain one, with an entrance from the Clerk's office, besides the one from the dressing room. It has a genial open grate, over which hangs an old-fashioned old-fashioned black iron . teakettle, with a nozzle huge, black and thick. This is the kettle which has been used for heating heat-ing the water' employed in mixing hot punches since the days of John Marshall. There is a smart yellow man in attendance attend-ance in this room, who has a fine cabinet of assorted liquors and who is an expert in making all kinds of fancy drinks. The furniture is of the plainest, the chairs and sofas being upholstered in black horsehair. But the room is so retired and as well stocked with good things to drink that it is one of the most delightful snuggeries about the Capitol. Seated in front of this glowing fire, with long pipes or good cigars, the rotund Justices can watch the steaming teakettle as they sip their grog or fancy drink. |