Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-03-14

ent.
Tine works wonderful changes. Men
leap upon LIES erca, stage. acrthsIr several
parts. and then pass away. and, With fe~
exceptions. live ouly In the memories Of .
fsw relatives or specal friends. This re.
mark arpliss with equal iores TO oil ranks
and professions among men.
We have been led into this train Of rsaee.
ton while looking around the old Court
House. and upon the men therein assembled
Year. ago, when q small boy. we OCCASION.
ally visited ,hi. very spot. and No are IN.
voluntarily led 10 eI,laiu'. how great the
chang, Then upon the bench. iron term
10 term, sat Gorms. either now silent IN the
crave. o. retired IRON HES active services
peacefully awaiting the summons that
shall call them % tho same long home.
N,lIeo. Weston. Paris, Whitman and Ter.
ham, who. In the days OF sold lang syue.
dispen.ei justice within the.s walls, have
year. since been succeeded by comparatively
a new race oil men.
And wh,r, are the members Of the har
that then figured IN this temple OF io''ice'
The fret case we ever heard argued IN the
old Court House. Wa. Conducted on one eide
by John ilolnc- aud on the other 10y s'non
Gr-cnleai. The late wm. q. Whitney MAS
Sheriff; Hon. Il. X. GOodeHcW. Clerk. aud
Judge Weston vas on the heoeh. Well do
We remember the .allie- OF wit, tho fund OF
snecio,c, and the biting sarcasm that Tell
from the Lip. Of the eccentric and talented
ilolne.-what roar Of laughter followed
from n. bar. the spectators. aud even the
iary boz. The classical and learned Green.
leaf had tie close. With dignity ADD
simplicity Of manner that followed hun
wherever he went. he srose. and his adife"
to the Jury VA. one Of the mo-, eloquent.
Logical. appropriate legal ea'r'' to which
~e ever listened. Sotnehow OF other orren.
leaf. COMPACT logic GOT the lS,tsr OF the m.
tive wit ol lIol.oes, and the plaintiff WIN
verdict. Although ~e were then 10y oo'
" thirteen year. Of age ys, the cream
stance. aud incident. vi that TRIAL ('he bret
TO which We ever listened are Ju', a. fresh
and ,i,.d ~ our minds q. II they had taken
place yesterday.
We we'll remember other men then a, the
tar. There VAS Judge Dana. then 50 ven.
cradle m year, that h,. head ~As almost en-
tlrrly hali. And ihsrs "a, Nicholas hmsry.
Gen. Fr--snJcn, and Chas Ds''e-. Only
,~o men from oar own county. ~ho pos
rsslArly appear at our bar. were then r'r''
cot. We relsr 10 rhO.e justly honored men
0. the legal profession. Levi Whitman and
Peter {. vlrsin--ihe only i~o connecting
links between the pa., and the present., 'h-
OIiord Bar .. II ras and -. a, the time
% which We refer. aud lor long series 81
year. Afterwards. the principal sa-c- IN court
IA thi. County. we're conducted by aNorn'es
from out the Coonty John Holmes aud
Judge Gvvisuo~ (no~ holding our eouri.)
were generally her. isom York. and Cen
Fs-.-ndsn. s,mon Greenleaf. Thomas A..
DebIoi.. Nicholas Emery. Cha. >. Da'is..
Rsodolph \. l. Goldman. JuLgr Howard
sni Uih.r.. IRON Cumberland, generally
we're present. Ia isrm tune.
slnce No came TO the bar. Ices than ,w'n.
~ year. ago, great ehangr' have taken
place. Mary with whom we have pleasant
ly associated within th,. brief Psr',.d. have
- gone 10 that houfn, lrJm whencr no
traveller rriurn. 4 feeling Of radne',
come. over W when we think OF the havoc
dra,h ha. made ia the rauk. OF the oIiUfi
Bar within a it~ ht,ef y~'r'. The sh'a.
Die. Lind hearted 81 the s-ia,e and
truthful Frye, the erO'.l. eo,'i naturrd
Andres, the a.,uic Aud clear headed Lui'
d.n. and within few day. III, harmed aud
comrani,nahle Bradley, have all folded up
their last brlei, Ani gone from land u
yaryin. lights aud shadows 10 toe "ofli OF
spirits.
wha, changes lay in the dim mis-, Of the
future. tie Great Judge OF heaven and
earth only knows. Mo., iOrcitly 10 these
thing, remind u- all. tia, the road which
lead, to the highest honor, in the profession
can DO successfully travelled only by life
OF rugged toll. intense APPLICATION. saneiIded
By stern. unbendins Integrity and hoae''y
OF purpose, and that the richest legacy We
can leave our children. our professional
brethren, aud the world, is the sro,Iess dia.
dem Of an exemplary, we'll spent life, and a
good name.