, 1879-01-19

cnstoms. reckoning win small towns and bnrghs:
which decoaate from the usages OF tne pI1ncspas
FRANCE changes laws oftener than he changes
horses and an advocate who is very learned IN one
city is no better than an iSnoramus IN taas next
adjoining.
The Emperor who inscribed bis edfcts in chara2-
tiers so small that tley could not be read by the
people who were vigorously punished Tor taeir
intraction has ever been the s5pc OF rue tyrant.
Yet ,bccansc of the confused statement VI the
laws in force to-day in Illinois, the lawscT "ao
professed to master all its "details would De rc-
rarGed Is pres,lnp,uou5 in the extreme Inc
prudent counselor declares oGly the - better
opinion.n Su it is that eTcn professional ad'lce
is no certain guide III business transactions.
While every man u lncxuraol1 p1csulneu ,o ~
know the lasS, thc fact Is that even those VINO
make it 4 lie study ATTEMPT only knoWledSe
OF its general principles aud OF the sources from
which its minor rules are drawn. Austlr we'll
SAYS:
The ordinary course is this: The man enters
into some transaction {say for example contEacU
either without a:yice OF with the ADVICE OF an 1n-
competent attorney. ..-....
Finding himself III scraDe he euonlte case
through m attorney to counsel. And for the rec 10
attorney and counsel he has the exquisite satsfac-
t1on Of learning with certainty that the mischief Is
irremediabie..
The difference between the competent and IN
competent attorney is one Of degree ONLY
There is greater safety in the advice ot one than
in that of the other. IN LOO many cases
;.,s !ne1u - uo T.ha 11a ra;nh sL7,,ld oorern ira
case in hand may be hid away in one or more OF
a puinbcr of decisions which arc inaccessible be-
cause of the difficulty in securing the clue to
the hiding place, OF inspection OF the volume IN
nal!'- 49, ;.na. ~ +fa ,1ncor+aintv IT fhr law
oeat ni1ifss ~ ~ ~ 10 1-in.;nics iis,ute con-
tinually as to rules and their application, each
fortitying bis position with The citation Of
ai5 ~, lie attantion had heen
;aa, ~ tsrne b,1nSrcd cascs hcarng 1,non
uIaeio uneoso a'1.s1;on cnnnernfvs which he vet
5.3h.o, 4As0'oA
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a. ,-nu,,a Tho renorts IF derisions
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d;a 1,nt conta;n more nrinted matter than Il
alu 20: co.a ,ose @ as p,m.uu ~ rsnorts ~ the
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IN ro1ur,es ~ renorts have hem issued hv the
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tnat tne Ameflean ~ ,eRoro nao ha- ,Eh;ch -, ~
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& u'us!a upth sn9 49, aoa,,,nuItai ~ ora-
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