One Fourth of July, when he had
got to be an old man, he came down street and met a brother
member of the Bar, who took him up into the room of the Worcester
Light Infantry, a Company of which the Major's deceased son
had long ago been the Captain. The members of the Company
were spending the Fourth with a bowl of punch and other refreshments.
The Major was introduced and was received with great cordiality,
and my friend left him there. The next day my friend was
going down street and met the Captain of the Light Infantry,
who said: "That was a very remarkable old gentleman you brought
into our room yesterday. He stayed there all the forenoon,
drinking punch and telling stories. He distinctly remembered
General Washington. He went home to dinner, came back after
dinner, drank some more punch, and remembered Christopher
Columbus."
The old Major was once addressing the Supreme Court and maintained
a doctrine which did not commend itself to Chief Justice Shaw.
The Chief Justice interposed: "Brother Newton, what is the
use of arguing that? We have held otherwise in such a case
(citing it) and again and again since.
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