ANECDOTE OF THE LATE JUDGE GRAY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 330, 2 July 1875, Page 3

ANECDOTE OF THE LATE JUDGE GRAY.

After the death of a weil-known:per--the public will generally listen, to or read with interest a; naEratfpn of. 'any- amusing :or strange events that happened to him during .;hi?s ; lifetime.. The following laughable incident in the life of the late Mr Gray is worth:': counting. It occured at an ordinary in one of the up-country hotels. At the table were 'seated.a.number of gentlemen who .were mostly known to each other, as well as knowing by sight' the worthy Judge, who formed; one of the company, i The Judge, after finishing his.repast, rose from the table, and quietly proceeded to remove- his hat from, amongst a number of others that hung on pegs on the wall. A gentle-man'on-the opposite" side'of the table had noticed this proceeding, and" Became suddenly under the" impression that there was a mistake being made in the selection - ; of the hat. He at once addressed the judge in a .polite tone, albeit in a tone not in the least indicative; of . incertitude—"Mr Gray, excuse me' you are taking, my hat." Mr Gray neither replied nor attempted,an examination of the hat he held in his hand, but promptly though leisurely walked round' to the other-side of the table, and gently placed the hat on the head of the gen"tleman who had addressed him—a piece of harmless finessing'on'the part of the Judge thitt carried instant .conviction' with it. The hat, acting like an extinguisher, slid over the eyes and ears of .the wearer, wht looked exceedingly like a person that had been 'severely bonneted. Here was a practical and effectual method of demonstrating to those present, and to the over-hatted gentleman in particular, who, by-the-bye, was a bit of a" buck " in his way that the disputed hat was evidently not oh the head on the wearer. Thfi Judge, who preserved an unmoved countenance throughout, then placed the hat, which fitted him on his own head, and glided quietly from the room. It is scarcely necessary to ' add that the mildj dry humor and imperturbability of the Judge, coupled with . the ludicrous appearance that the other presented prpved top.much; for the gravity of the„ on-lookers. Like To rick, the Judge had fairly set the table in a roar.—' Cromwell Argus.'