The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-05-20
VOLUME XVIII---NO, 4

1t 10 fattening Office to pass judy.
ment on temporal affairs. Justice
Clifford 10 the wisest looking Judge
on the bench. Ho has iron.gray hair.
q smoothly shaven face, dark eves
That have q downward.u lonlr
or you can understand that parndox)
the American noso--that is, it isn't
: Greek nor Roman, neither nes r.,rov,,s
but nose with a knobby end. He
usually wears glasses, has double
chin, pleasant, Illuminating smile
and small white hands He stops at
tho National Hotel. At his left sits
SAMUEL F. MILLER.
Kcntuckian by birth, aud appointed
ly Lincoln from Iowa in 1862. He
was born in 1916, and is the youn gest
looking Of all tho judges. Lie had
the sharpening advantage Of poverty
in his boyhood, studied medicine,
hated it as profession, and, during
his practice as physician, began and
pursued tho study Of law until admit
ted to the bar, which occurred i'll 1914.
lie hated slavery and left his native
State on account Of its existence there.
lie was never an otfice-scelscr, but his
appointment 10 the Supreme Court was
unanimous and popular nomination
and confirmation. lie is of good
height and build, has high, rccedins
forehead, dark brown hair, with n
bald spot, slightly grayish beard
about his face, prominent nose with
heavy nostriIs, small, dark, bright
eyes, and looks the least like a Judge
OF all the justices. He leaves his
solemn duties in tho court room.
and when out of it is most compun.
ionable and agreeable. He is at home
at the Metropolitan Hotel this ses-
sion.
sTEPHEN JOHNSON FIELD,
a native of Connecticut, was appoint
ed by Lincoln from California, to
which State he driftad on the gold ex.
citeinent in 1919. He has hazel ewes.
o large high forehead, Roman nose.
full face and boarded chin. He is fit:
ty-tour years Of age, and prior to his
present appointment was successfully
identified with the courts of Califor-
MIA: Any one who knows Cyrus W.
or David Dudley could tell il, u mo.
ment that the Judge belonged to tho
distinguished family of tho Fields.
STRONG AND BRADLEY.
the two new Justices appointed bv
President Grant, form the Alpha and
Omega Of the judicial row. Strong
has long, high, Andrew Jacksonish
head, smoothly shaven face, with dark
eyes and hair a little threaded with
gray. Justice Joseph Bradley is q
New Yorker by birth, but halls from
New Jersey, which fact is us startling
as true. He is Of excellent stock, Of
high culture, and decided y the most
thoughtful, profoundest and most-in-
tellectual-faced MAJ. of the Judges.
He is of medium height and size.
with splendid large, dark eyes, regu.
lar but characterful features, held in
quiet, cheerful repose. He is 81 years
OF age, and his appointment speans
well tor the taste and judgment Of
President Grant. He has pleasant
apartments at Wiliard's Hotel, and is
an ornament and grace in the mani
fest sense to Washington society.
1t would be on ungracious thing to
make invidious social distinctions
about our Supreme Judges. A gen.
tleman we'll acquainted with them all
said, "Thcy are all splendid gentle
men and good fellows" which means
much or little, as you like. Men have
Wholesale way of complimenting
each other that is il. striking contrast
to the penurious mutual gloriication
of the fair sex. It is matter for re-
gret that their munifcence of ex-
preston is 80 spongy, however. The
Justices in court and at home exem-
plity, as do thousands of other men.
the difference of circumstances. HUI
man nature is the most lovable thing
in creation, and judges and judged
are at their best estate in the social
kingdom.