Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1889 — The Judge’s Little Game. [ARTICLE]

The Judge’s Little Game.

Judge Bricker, one of tlie oldest Representatives of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Claiion County, has a novel Avay of entertaining his friends on Sundays at Harrisburg. * The Judge’s apartments are modest,,,, an,d the first man to arrive there gets the chair. The rest that come sit on the bed and the Avood-box. Then the Judge reaches under the bed and drags out a home-made hunk of smoked beef, opens his buckhorn jackknife and chips off a sliver of the beef. - Then he passes the beef and the knife to the guest next to him, and llie guest chips a piece off the hunk and passes it and the knife along until all are served. By the time the hunk has gone the rounds of the guests two or three times the guests are ready for the Judge to skirmish under the bed again and come out Avitli a curious-looking bit of earthenware Avith a small neck. This contains Avhat the Judge declares is Clarion County cider. To show that it is safe he takes a drink from the jug and passes it to the guest nearest him, as he did the beef. The jug goes the rounds a couple of times, and then the party rests a few minutes Avliile the Judge tells a hunting story. After that the beef, the knife and the jug are passed again. The Judge has a chalk-mark aiound the hunk of beef, and when it has been chipped down to that mark he puts the hunk back under the bed for the uext Sunday. Then the meeting adjourns.— Wash,-, ington letter.