The audience saw her wipe a tear away, but did not hear
the sound of her voice as she "whooshed." She wiped out some of the pepper
with her handkerchief and sang the other verses with a good deal of
fervor, and the choir sat down, all of the members looking at the soprano.
She called for water, the noble tenor went and got it for her, and after
she had drank a couple of quarts, she whispered to him: "Young man, I will
get even with you for that peppermint candy if I have to live a thousand
years, and don't you forget it," and then they all sat down and looked
pious, while the minister preached a most beautiful sermon on "Faith." We
expect that tenor will be blowed through the roof some Sunday morning, and
the congregation will wonder what he is in such a hurry for.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES AND U.S. SENATORS.
I would call your attention to a change that it seems to me should be made
in the method of selecting U.S. Senators and Supreme Judges. Heretofore it
has been noticeable that the men who carried the longest pole knocked down
the senatorial persimmons. In the matter of the election of Judges of the
Supreme Court, it has been the practice to secure men for those places at
an enormous salary, when other men would be willing to do the work and
board themselves. The suggestion I would make is that you pass a law
letting the offices of United States Senator and Judges of the Supreme
Court to the lowest bidder.
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