Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-06-22

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gro Shoes" and clothing to, match. He
wanted to borrow $40 TO redeem his,trpnk.
Judah had but ten with him. at IS of
no consequence, ,"irepliedl Lockwood, de-
clining the ten, and wentot and on, until
recruiting station attracted his atteptiond
Eairly at hay. with Fate, he saythe words,
Twenty Dollars. Bounty-he hesitated
moment.Athen enlisted as a common sol
dier in the U. s. army; took the bounty
and paid the bill ,ef'shis1lodging. and. was
sent to join his regiment in the Red river
(Ark.) country. ~ -.f ne ..,
His friend Hannegan was at that time
in the U. S.Senate; and leatning of Lock.
woods enlistment, obtained fromtPresideut
Tyler an order for hissdiseharge, which he
sent him, with Sl00, and an earnest en-
treaty to, go home to his family, Lock
wood afterward repaid this gift by pres
ent of $4,000. a.After5 an absence of
three years, he returned to Lafayette,
found his wild lands sufficiently advanced
IN value to relieve him from debt, and re-
uuicu nIo PiOleoeloH'
His friend, Mr.. E. L. Beard, was max
ing preparation to go to! California, and
Lockwood proposed to join him. He
thought he could do we'll BY shipping a
lot of liquors from New York in small
bottles, and peddling them to miners .
Beard had determined togo through Mex
leo to Mazatlan j Lockwood, not wishing
to renew his acquaintance with the Mexir
cans, took passage around the Horn. Be-
fore parting, the friends provided them
selves each with bugle Of thesame tones,
that they might hear and" answer each
others calls, if they Should at any time
get lost in the wilderness Of California. ~
Beard had been in California some months
and was living at the Mission Of San Jose,
when, one day, he heard the familiar
sound OF Loekwood's bugle. q Answering
the call, he soon met Lockwood--covered
with mud, gun on shoulder, knife and pis-
tolls in belt, bugle in ,hand.-like modern
Don Quixote going tosummon the surren-
der Of a castle with sailor companion,
loaded down with bundles, for Sancho
Panza, Lockwood had suffered severely
from scurvy during the voyage. ifsHs
! He soon came up to San Francisco and
for six months was clerk ina law Office,
where he not only furnished the law. but
swept the Office, made the fires, and in
all respects complied with his agreement
to snake himself generally useful" He
received his wages every evening; every
night found him in gambling saloon
every morning penniless, His legal SER
vices " werc appreciated in the, Office though
he was spared no humiliation; and at the
end Of his term, he was patronized with
theofle of partnership, if he would Stay
"a year. II have fulfilled my contract to
theailetter," hesreplied, aand you Have
paid me as you agreed, but | would moi
remain another hour" The close Of
the speech would not look well in print.
He entered into law partnership with
4 IL and -----, which LASTED until there
was one division of profits. In the ,alot.
mcnt to Lockwood, there vas $1,000 ot
State scrip, which he agyeed to sell to one
of his partners at price named. Wher
he brought in the warrants next morning
1their valuehad declined-4at least, in hi.
partners estimation and lockwood tore
them up and left the Office, For month
Or two, he worked as day laborer---sho
yelling sand, cbaling steamers, and doing
anything that came to hand. While ht
Twas thusiengaged, ). an olduacquaintanct
sought him out, to him to try an import
ant lawsuit, involving title 10 real estats
in the city. lockwood at first refused Il
60; said he was earning an ho est living
and did not want to b6 disturbed. Hi
} friend persisted, and, at length, banter
4 ingyq offered to double his daily wages i
he would 60 TO work on his case, Thi
proposition Struck lock Wood favorably
and he aceedetto it stipalatineathat h,
7 should be paid every day, and that attn,
{ time saflerward should spMother fee b,
offered him, directly or indirectly; "for,
said he, 81 want none Of my partners
earnings, and they shall have none 0
I nine" He tried tho case successfully
the profit involved wasof great value
but he held his Silent to his contract, ane
his daily wages was his, only fee. =.
After the term Of his partnership" ex
, pired, he opened an office Alone, and wa
). employed by Palmer, Cook d. Co., anc
/, through that connection was introduced t.
q general and Lucrative practice. Mr
Palmer was at San Jose in the winter o
I 1851, during the session of the Legisla
1 ture at that place, anxious 10 secure tn,
best possible legal services for his firm
and particularly for az test-casa that in
volved the ',water-lot titles, govcrnmen
/ reserve etc. One evening Gen. Mel
---- and Judge H--4-Swere in his room
, and it occurred tobim that he wouldtak
!, their opinion as TO who was the best la d
lawyer in San Francisco, Handing eac'
slip torn from the margin Of a ncwspa
f per, he asked thcmtto write the name 0
the an entitled to that pre-eminence j
|, theirjudlncpt. lie was surprised 40 fin
the same, pane written by each, and NOR
, surprised that 10 was name-Lockyo
of wbirh he had never heard, He re
! turned to San Ffabcisco 10 fhd this strang
b lawyer, who, in aosiDgis case, hadnin
b pressed two Of the finest legal niiods i
o tho State with a sense of his superiority
n The interview and its results will be give
/ as nearly as they can be rcthlled, ID NJ
3 Palmers words .odK .heN 9ai e 7ldg
d Eii'I found Lockwood in an unfurnishe
i Office, apparently absorbed ina black lie