A GOOD EXCUSE._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

In the Court of Session in Scotland, the judges who do not attend, or

give a proper excuse for their absence, are, by law, liable to a fine;

but it is common, on the first day of the session, for the absentee to

send an excuse to the lord president. Lord Stonefield having sent such

an excuse, on the president mentioning it, the late lord justice clerk

Braxfield said, in his broad dialect, “What excuse can a stout fallow

like him hae?” “My lord,” said the president, “he has lost his wife.”

The justice, who was fitted with a Xanthippe, replied, “Has he? that is

a gude excuse indeed; I wish we had a’ the same.”

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