EXTREMELY AWKWARD.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3146, 19 March 1879, Page 2

EXTREMELY AWKWARD.

_Some years aj»o old Judge-—, ©f Maine, aocompanied by his and much beloved wife, visited New York. The Judge " put up " at the "old tavern down by the Battery/V Before retiring for the night, and while Mr* — was tucked away beneath the sheet., the Judge thought he would hare a good oldfashioned scrubbing. Having performed his ablutions to his entire satisfaction, and scrubbed himself until his limba were the color of a fresh boiled lobster, the Judge looked about for some receptacle into which he might turn the contents of his washbowl. There was nothing at hand, and rather than summon a servant, the old gentleman 'conceived the ideacf throwing the water out of the window. So mounting a chair, the Judge opened a little square window, which he thought likely opened into a back yard, and deliberately emptied the contents out of the bowl. A howl of rage greeted' the ears of the good Judge, accompanied by female cries and loud oaths from a masculine voice. " What the —*•» are you up ,to P " shouted a voice. " What the —— are you; prowling around at this timeV night for P " replied the judge. " You ought .to be at home with your wife and children." In point of fact, the poor fellow, who had good reason to be angry, was quietly, sleeping in bed with his better half, and the window which the Judge had opened was intended as a ventilator for both rooms. The Judge had so completely drowned out his neighbors that the? were, obliged to seek another room.'—Boston Post.