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JUDGE Clt AXE.
Shortly after the first republi an
constitution of the State of N *w York
w s framed, and the judiciary system
whs established fur tue civil depart
menu the supreme court, or th.v
branch of it called the ‘circuit court,
w<’S appointed for me of the circuits
in the county of Dutchess and the ec
centric Judge Crane was to preside.
Judge Crane was very wealthy, and
lugnly resp cted for his public ami
private virtues, especially fur Ins
charitableness to the p *<*•; but he al
ways appeared in 8 {>l *in garb, ami
would hardly ever Wear an overcoat,
w hatever the weather might be, ami
it was seldom that lie r *de when lie
went abroad, although he o\vn*d ma
ny valuable horses.
On the morning of the dav in whi- h
the court was to begin, the Judge set
out before day and walked gently on,
through hail, rain and snow, to the
appointed pi ice. On arriving at
Poughkeepsie, cold and wet, lie walk
ed to a tavern, where he found the
1 1 milady and her servants were mak
ing 1 trge preparations for the enter*
taioment of the judges, lawyers, and
other gentlemen, whom they expected
Would attend rhecir tiit court*
rite Judge wis determined to have
some sport, and in a pleasant tone * J-!
dressed the landlady—l have n in
n ( >y and was obliged t > come to emi’ f ,
a-.d I have walk and through this dread
ful stor a, in ire than twenty mdee. I
a u wet and cold, dry and huogrv; !
wa it something to eat hes .re the c mrt
b gins; -when the landlady p i shrr
i l? in a magisterial posture, and put
ting on a countenance of cin eii ,
anil to the Judg\ you say you are w t
and cold, dry and hot; how can all
to it b- i No l Wis wet and cold, and
if you usd ieeu ou< as I mg as I have
been in this at or u S t <i ik yu would |
likewise he wet and cold. I said that
1 wanted something to drink and eat.
B it yo i have n > m ney you say* re*
toted the landlady. I told you the!
truth, says the Judge, the wsole truth,
and no hiog hut th<* truth, hut were 1
as ri h s Croesus, I w mid he willing
to work for ho nothing to eat and to
drink. “Croesus, who is Croesus?”
ffl y S the lady. I never knew him.
s id the judge, blit I have understood
that he was very rich. I want s nne
tliiog to drink, and were 1 as poor as
Jo’i in his utmost calamity, and has!
iriy health and strength as well as I
now have, 1 would willingly go to
Work a little, wuile. if l could on y g‘s
8 unetliing to drink and a bite oi g°od
victuals.’ Well, old daddy, says she.
how much do you want to drink:
Haifa gill of good brandy, madam,
shvs he. Very well, says she, I will
give you half a gill and some cold vict
u U if you will go into the back yard
autf cut and split three armfulls of
wood, and bring it into the kitchen,
where the servants want to make a
good fire to dry the gentlemen’s great
coats when they come, stnd alter y >•*
get your victuals, I shall want you *
go away. Well, says he, give me
the brandy, and I’ll soon bring the
wood—He drank the liquor and walk
ed quietly into the wood yard, where
he found a good axe, and he soon laid
by the kitchen fire the proper quanti
ty of wood, viz; his arms three times
full. The landlady had got his cold
luncheon on the table, in hoprs that
he would eat and be off—now for the
good bite of victuals, says the J udge.
There it is said she coldly. And it is
I• • * .I V* -* v * llli
so wet, fur I see n other tea, nor cof
fee, nor chocolate to wet it. Beggars
mist not be cho sees, said she. I un
not begging ofym iindun, s.iid h ;
int have paid the full p i e and -molded,
f t dil you, slid she, I would give y mi
old victuals, and there *w dd boil ‘d
h-irt. cold p >rkand heel', c id p >1 aloes,
iud tur ‘ips, and cold vinegar pickles,
ind soup, am! if you wnil. any tiling
out. there is mustard aid pepper, and
here is good bread g iud ho tel*, aid
:and cheese, and *!i good eunugu f*r
luefi au old ragamulfi 1 os vOl are.
It is all very good, said m-, pie suit
I), but mada r. be so good a-* to 1 1 me
some new milk, w mu, riglr
fr un the row, to wet this good vn-i
----1 vis. The cows are nt rndked, sns
she. Then let me !i ive abo'l nf cold
nilk, said he. 1 will not semi tics< *•
vants in this storm t the sp ing hoiiv
1 0 skim it for yu said she. S idle
with a pleasant smile, dear mad in, I
have ago *d Wife at home older tli n
you are, who Would gout in . worse
storm than this, to milk the cows, and
tiring the milk to the p orest man im
eartil at his iequcg;,*or to tiring the
milk from the spi tog house, cream
and alt without skimming, to teed tit
most abject ni the liurtitn rue. You
have a very good wife at home, says
she. Indeed I hav , said he, ami she
keeps my cl dlies clean Had whole,
and not withstanding you rail dt
me “ m old rag imuHio,’* I am null
ashamed to apper aomad in the;
and tlies I vv ur, i 1 any good comp my.
W *d, I qust confess, aays she, tli it
win*.l v**Uave your broad tirimm and
li off. ymi look mi Idling well, bu I
want yMi to cat r. i*.. wr|
wnt tb. fire to dry Uie g n le.ien\s
greatcoats and u mdias y; aid a
-111 mg the rest, we expert .1 udg’- Li anc.
.1 idge CrAie, says the judge. Win is
Judge Croie? i’.u* circuit Judge, say*
ail •, one of lito supreme Judges you
old f *!,
>V.-i| savs die judge, t will bet
goose th it J udg * Or ioe li.ts not 001,.
and will not h*ve gr-at oat ou ‘"S
ha k.or an umbrella *v r hi a head this
day. Y u old go se, said sir-, I car
nothing for your b.-is. li *t an ihe od.
I tell you Judge, Crane is to be nert
and we*ve n* io kii Ir you. I du 1
care said lie, me rye straw o re to
Judge Crane, titan ! do t ir Uiysvll,
and It has got to be so late, that it tie
teas to com* u*is time <*f ’he day, he
w uld more lik ly go directly > the
jeourt house, and stay until dinner
time, than go to any tavern, and *•
business was very urg nt, lie would
bo very likely to stay ivvay even Iron
dinner. I know something abou tin
old codger, and some people say he is
a very rusty, crusty* old Judge.
Pretty talk, indeed, says the lainll*
dy, about the supreme Judge. Now
|, a * your cold cheer, and be off, or b*-
off without eating, just as you pie is.-.
j| tell you, says tie judge, Judge
Crane 13 not the supreme judge,
and if he were, he is no more fit to be
a judge than I am. Well, now be off
! with yourself, s;y9 she. Don’t be i'•
iso great a hurry, said he, mildly. I
wish to know who is the landlord
here? i wish to kn vv where lie is? H<-
is the high sheriff of the county, and
wont be home till night; but il he were
here you would not stay long. W.H,
madam, said he, give us a cup *f i
der to wet ny victuals, if you wont
give me milk. Not a drop, says hoi
j ladyship- Tin* Judge who had now
got pretty well warmed and dried,
and wished for his breakfast, put on
a stern countenance, and positively
declared he would not leave the rooiu
land fire until he pleased. Hot added
; he. if you will grant my request, I
j will eat and be off. The cider was
>niinediateJy brought, and tire judge
Vtiiii* ntoii. August Jo, 1828.
. t, > o. ii iiiy to me mIU! 00 be
fu-c him, took Ins broad brimoied hat,
and gently walked to the court house,
where lie foil id g iod fir-s and clean
11 ors, and during the court hours he
presided with dignity a and propriety.
When the judge withdrew, the land
lady anxiously look- and after him tor some 1
time, as he walked steadily on towards j
die court house, supposing aim to be some
poor man summoned op to court hs a
witness, or some culprit, or some vaga-j
l> nd who mi-glit give her further trouble 1
;ki time of cou* is, and expressed to her
-enants a desire that they would see 1
that he did not disturb the g-mtlem n and
the jol ‘A who ought nut up there, j
White sotn * of the girls and clared that if
he did come, they w mid u-e -ome ol his
own expiessions which lie u>ed icspecl
mg Judge Crane. L*t me s- e, says one
‘rusty, crusty, ’ and yes, ‘fusty uld fudge,’
s* vs mi ‘tlvr.
When dinner was announced, the court.
ot being thronged, was mini dtutely ad
j. mined, and the duv b ing stormy aud
cold, the j olge- and lawyers poured into
the sheriff', tavern, wtiere they were
sure of rood li.es and a good fare, all ex
cept judge Crane, wh * walked to a store
and pm chased a va y ble -hawl, and put
it in his pt.cket on the in side of Ins coat,
then walked quietly to the tavern While
be was tiiUs detuned the landlady enter
ed I lie dimng room and earnestly inquir
ed if Judge Crane had come ur Hie un
swer was, ‘not y t, madam, and perhaps
Im may not come.’ Ihe landlady, who
was anxi iu- to pay the highest respect to
rh. supreme judge, retired to the kit’ hen,
not a little chagrined ami disappointed.
1 1 he mean time the judge an ived, and
being t ju p* r times v.-iy soci bi *, and
a: all tunes fond ol cheering the minds of
tho-e present, he b gan o make some
pertinent lemarks. and to tell some live
ly anecdot'.s, intended to convey good
in >a!,. urii.c.h.so** lb.- wiiole r.oinininV lot >
an uproar ot lau;hter. An 1 af this In
stant, o ie of the wai ing m uds entered the
room to inform the gentlemen that they
might sit down to dinner. She did her I
errand and Hasten-d b.o k o her mistress]
with the tiding., that the .dd fusty
wirti his bund brimmed hit
m a nong die barehe >d and %y
illg as 1.,uil as tie Co^^y‘ ,,( l ‘Hpw Juog
es aid lawyers w at bin.
Piled go, said sh” and fwnisper to tii
dd mn that I wi-h nun to come into ill
kit. lien. Tne errand was done accord
mjy. a.d Uie judge in a low tone ..1
voice s.od to the girl, ell y<*ur im-tre
1 hove tittle business to and- wth some ol
toese lawyers, and when done. I*l* be ;, tl
10 the course J wo or threed*y- i h
■r id returned iod f* tiifully reuearsed the
?ne-,ag', and added, tha -he tielieve i tha
roe old fellow was and uik or he won id
*0 have -ad, as soon a my business i*
do e, I II be offin two or three day-’
Well B it y, says die nistress g i back,
aid when the gentlemen to s■
(l.wn, do you staid by the head of the
able, and wbi-per t > some gentium an tha
i wish a vacant place I ft at the head <>!
die table fur Judge Crane aid then and *
you hasten btek and see that John has
rh • a-*d thei liquors in good <*rd r.
and Vla.y do v.*u ti 1 two more tureens
with gravy,and put one at each end of ‘he
10-xr table. And Ma.tha do you see that
all The rlean [dates tor a change are ready;
md that the tarts and pies, • ate “
-mod o'der. Betty again repaired to h-i
post at the head of the t bt<*, and softly
informed the gentle nen of the request ot
her mistress ‘Certainly,’ vny* the gen
tie man*, and Betty hastened back to as
sist John. The gentlemen now Bat dow>
to an excellent repast alter a short e
j iculatory address to the throne of grace
by Judge Crane, in which he adored th-
Fath-r of all mercies for feeding all hi
creatures throughout the immeosity o!
—invoked a blessing on that portim
of earthly bounty then before them, and
supplicated the divine mercy through ih*
merits of our Redeemer; the gentleme
j began tocaiveand serve round in u-ua-
But as the Judge wa* of a singular tu”
in almost every thing, and had taken
fancy that if a person eats litrht food
the same meal with that which is more
solid arid naider of digestion, that tli e
iight food should be eaten first; he there’
fore filled his plate with some pudding*
made of milk, rice ami eggs, and placing
hiulself rather in an aw kud -itu ition with
his left eib >w **n the table and his head
near the plate, begin to eat arco'ding to
his common custom, which was very fist,
although he was no great eater. . And
some of the gentlemen near ttie judge,
followed his example as to the pan ikn.g
ot .he [iud ling before the meat} of * our-e
a large deep vessel, which hid contained
that article, was oenly emptied when
Mary approached with her two additional
tureens of gravy, according to the com
mand of her mistress, and as she set
down the last near the Judge, h • says to
her m an austere manner, (iud, bung me
a clean plate to eat some sal lad on. Ihe
abrupt manner in which he addres-ed her,
and disgust in seeing him th'-re irf tint
position, so disconcerted the poor girl,
that she did not observe that any one ex
cepting the j *dge had partaken of the
pudding ner did she know wh .t he me<*nt
by salla* ; but she observed that the large
lynltiiug pan was nvarly empty, and th> n
hastened back with the utmost speed to
her unstress, and addressed her with,
Lord, madam, that old fellow's there yet,
ami he is certainly crazy or drunk, fir he
Is down hi'.lie iabm, ami lias eat**n more
than a skippel* of the rice pudding alread
y, and has Ins nose right down m a ptale
full now, shovelling it in like a hog; and
told me as if he was lord of the manor to
bring him a clean plate to cats-Had on;
Ble-s me where can we g“t sal la J this
nine of the year? And the gentlemen
have not done carving, and not one has
began to eat meat, much less to eat a tub
full of pudding. Aye, he’ll g> t a ch an
plate, says dartlia, before gentlemen
want clean plates.
HI clear nun out, says the mistress, and
starts for the dining room burning with
indignation.
.T‘ J 0 --. 1—
giving unnecessary ImilbtfL. AfflfllMaMMl
where he put >.p f ud generally atd
:r was -et before him without
•g any remarks, and seldom root..
| ttea.ol riiore a meal; ut
at ne observ'd near him, a
beiut.ful raw white cabbage, cut
Hup and put into vinegar, (which (tie
low Dutch at Poughk e;-ie call cld
-law, ami which he called saiiaJ.) and
<ie wished fir a separate plate to pre
pare some of it for bis own fancy.*—The
carving and scrying were not yet fin
ished, vvtieu he expect-d a cle m plate,
•uid when the landlady arrived at the door
if th dining room and termi led to drive
him out. Sh advanced witn a fir 11 *tep_
o me door, ami fixed her k e. eye stem”
ly on the judge, when he turning h s eye
t *at way* and observing her, imldlyvaid,
Landlady, cau l have a clean plate to eat
oue sal lad on? A clean pi i'e a.d sallad!
retorted the landlady indig •antly. I wish
on would come into th • k tcheu un it
g-title neu h've dined; 1 i*ad reer*ed
Tins feat for Judge Crane. The Compa
,y were stru k with astonishment, and
,ixed their eyes alternately on the land
lady and ou the judge; and at or stood in
nu suspense —when the Judge grace
• u ly rai-ed himself up in his chair, care
lessly fdd 1 tights arms across his breast,
tud putting bis head awkwardly on o e
,i,le—You reserved ‘his lor Ju *ge
Crane, did you lardlady? Indeed I did,
vyg she. It was very kind.S.ys he, in
111 ironical tone, but if you will step to the
door and see if he is coining, or send one
f the servants to call him, with your per
mission and the approbation of these *eo
lemen, with whom 1 have 9ome business
co do. I will occupy this seat until you
-half fi-.d the judge. Find the judge,
-aid she, with emphasis, go lo k for Inna
. ourself, not send tne nor my servants. 1
‘ave you your breakfast this looming tor
hopping a little w-md, bemuse you said
.*u bad 00 money; and I expected you
.vould go away quietly and keep awav J
uid uow you must come here to wiur
•Skippel iB measure of three P e< 8 *
<ised tu Holland, instead of ‘he Fmgl.sh
lunhel; and the inhabits of Poughke. p
ie were mainly Low Dutch at tha
ume.
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