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Show Eastern Man Credited With Remarkable Pun Though Judge Ebenezer It. Hoar's name is scarcely known outside of Massachusetts, he sat on the Supreme bench of that state, was chosen by Tresideut Grant as his first attorney general, and after the refusal of the senate because of two honest rebuffs of senatorial intrigues to confirm his nomination as justice of the United States Supreme court, he became the acknowledged leader of the Massachusetts Massachu-setts bar.- His wit was perhaps a little lit-tle too caustic for political preferment prefer-ment He was one of the perpetrators perpetra-tors of what is doubtless the most remarkable rum on record a triple pun. This feat was performed in a conversation between the judge and his cousin. Senator William M. Evarls. The incident is related by Miss Ellen Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter: Judge Hoar told me that he and Mr. Evarts were talking together one day about a lawyer, bright, but of doubtful doubt-ful practices, who had lately come to some distinction. Mr. Evarts said: "Yet he seems to have been getting on lately." The judge responded: "Yes, more than that, he's been getting get-ting honor"; and Mr. Evarts instantly added: "And perhaps now he'll begin to get honest." From the Outlook. |