Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-18
NOTES AND QUERIES.


memory even of his own small works; and HI
is in doubt if there has ever been anything O
the likeness of biographical sketches inter
larded among these Ms and Qs. Possibly
this element of literary endeavor might will
profit be injected herein just as in a motley
congregation of the aimless, careless and vag
abondish, now and then appears person o.
the staid, sober, eminently respectable sort
giving the assemblage a tone and standing
which it otherwise would not have. At all
events, the coming here, in company, of his
Honor, Mr. Justice Field and Hon. Richard
S. Mesick of the Bar, revives some reminis-
cences which are worth dotting down and
why not note them here as well as elsewhere2
This companionship is to be regarded as out
of the every day associations and experiences
Back in the Forties, before either of them
came to the Pacific, and while Stephen j.
was in Paris studying the Civil Code of
France, Richard Mesick was a student of law
in the Office of David Dudley Field. The
TWO, Judge Field and Mr.. Mesick had never
met until they fell in with another in Marys
vile in 1850 In that little city, Every busy
then, and most excellent field for two &C
complished young lawyers), these two distin
guished gentlemen Immediately entered upon
a first class practice. The cream of the litiga-
ton of the times was their share. They were
not in partnership but always maintained the
war1nest friendship for each other. In due
time Fields magnificent abilities and rare at
tainments were recognized, and he was invi-
ted by President Lincoln to the place he now
holds on the Bench of the Supreme Court.
He was transferred, first, from a lucrative
practice to the Supreme Bench of California,
and thence to the Court of last resort at Wash
ington. All this is schooling, culture, asso-
citation, experience of the very first class
Also all these years his old friend Mesiek has
held front rank in his exacting profession. |
He, too, has been on the Bench. ct would |
be fitting thing if he could be placed upon |
the Supreme Bench of this State) Look at
the long years-more than quarter of Gen.
tury-th Vt Mr.. Mesick has participated in the
choic st character of litigation in cases de-
manc re- ne best kind of legal acumen and
knowledge. That's what makes your thorough
lawyers and your learned jurists. And what
of it This, my impatient friend, if nothing
else: Early Culture; getting the right kind of
start and never deviating from the line
which leads to the highest and best That is
the moral of this brief personal allusion. And |
then as to the old, unbroken, time -mellowed
friendship How charming it is to contem- {
plate event and how beautiful it must be to {
enjoy, as these learned brethren of the law
enjoy it. An intimate mutual knowledge of
nearly thirty years, always respectful, always
friendly, always decorous and in the highest $
degree gentemanlike. The spectacle is worth
contemplating, in the midst of these scenes c
of far different and less assuring nature.
Here Is the value of respect; the worth of 1
true decorum; the fruition of superior life
and aim; the stronger-growingm masonry of an a
which has never degenera- S
ted into the weakness of overfamiiarity or F
the unfrankness of narrowing enviousness. t
The enlarging tendency of the most liberal t
of tho most liberal of professions is seldom d
more admirably illustrated than in the per- C
sons and mutual relationship of these gentle t
men, Elsewhere is the report of San in p
teryiew." It is there because very faithful g
and enthusiastic volunteer aid proposed and q
executed it. This Inquisitor never did per- h
:orm an interview. 1t is not probable he h
aver will. A horse that gets his PAGES well Il
Jet in his adolescence, (the years of his emery
ng from coltage), is with difficulty taught to Il
mend his gait. "The interview" is modern in
innovation Sometimes we think it an i'm
,ertinence. lin this instance it is to be toll al
rated because of it's relationship to matters til
public and political ACongressman is the ser pl
ant of the sovereigns The MORNING APPEAL eA
S at the service of it's sovereign-the Con- if
tant Reader Hinc lilac verbe) There are
Kings worth having and keeping and setting tn
n type, no doubt, even though they 81
10 of newer fashion than anything
lone or attempted by any of the relics of be
ossiliferous journalism. But the trilobites fir
till leave their impress, and it is hard to tn
radicate it. ..... The time has come when
ne may, with pertinence, revive that old
ngle, of the Burning moon at bloodshot fir
oon." 1t is scorching hot at the meridian SCI
IL. Te he rasnoooib1o | &c