Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-08-22 | Page 6 | Origin of Proverb

ORIGIN OF OP PROVERB Justice Darling sU suggests that the saying As sober as a tI Judge orl originated mated from the tho fact tact that one hundred years ears or so back ju Judges ses tho the only sober people in the country countr North o of I tho time Tweed where the saying Is also I current judges were certainly not conspicuous con con- con I i for or sobriety Andrew Lang I relates that a great groat Scottish ju Judge ge was once compelled to abstain from alcohol for tor six weeks Ho He then discovered discovered dis die covered that for tor thirty years of or a learned and respected and valuable career ho had never been for one hour really sober Ho had hi his morning when he ho rose his twelve hours' hours at noon On the he and the other judges solemnly and dutifully absorbed their bottle bottlo sa say a 3 bottle and a Scots pint of port Then he dined and sat over the claret till tin ho he to bed bcd Then he rose rOBe had no tub an anS had his morning glass of or whisky or brandy brand and so o on London Chronicle