The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
Letter from Wilcox.

MR.. EDIToR:-Lawyers constitute broth
erhood, and they ought TO be commended for
1t. Preachers, too, are associated for their
common interest. Lawyers preach with
Justinan of Old: "Live honestly, hurt no
body, and render to every one his due True
preachers with Christ the greatest Preacher,
proclaim this year in and year out. Lawyers
seek to earn their daily bread by sustaining
the above doctrines, and 80 do preachers.
Ergo: Lawyers aud Preachees ought to be
fraternity, that is: lawyers should attend
church to hear the gospel, and preachers
should go to court to hear the law. But alas!
the brotherhood is wanting, and hence the
study of the gospel with the lawyers, and the
study of the law with the preachers is far be-
low par The other day l read the following:
Two lawyers, when II knotty case was DER,
Shook hands, and were as good friends as
before.
"zounds,' says the losing client, show came
To be such friends, who were such foes just
"Thou fool" says one, 1--WE lawyers, tho SO
Like shears ne'er cut ourselves, but what's
between" '
A smart and honest man, and yet a one
sided poet must have written that, or else he
would have applied this truth to all other
classes There are exceptions, but The rule
is: THE almighty dollar governs the church
and the state. Take the preachers. The
Lord rarely. If ever, calls them to meagrc
field. They change from good to better or II
to worse, it is by force of circumstances.
Money and pleasant surroundings are not
left out of the question. This universal con-
dition is earthly, to be sure, but as long as we
live on the earth, we do, as If by instinct,
| "pursue our own true and substantial hap
piness" OF course. it must be left to every
| individual, what in his opinion constitutes
happiness. Experience or observation proves
| that money is not the smallest ingredient
| But my unspeakable love for lawyers and
| preachers must not induce me to be affection
| ally partial
We have no lawyers in Wilcox.
Hence it seems to follow, that our peo-
pie do not require lawyers aid. This
only seems so, for some persons go to
Ridgway or some other large city fol
legal assistance. But it does follow
that lawyers cannot make money
enough in Wilcox, if they could we
should have our beautiful town filled
with them as in Ridgway and Smeth,
port, where enormous wealth is ac
| guired in pursuit OF this dellghtinl
profession. But Wilcox has O Squire
and Constable. Say what you will
| Wilcox is a REGULARLY attractive place
81 had dream the other night
| When everything was STILL
| It was not very substantial dream,
admit. but in my sublime dreaming, !
compared our legal, social and eXecu
tive relations in Wilcox to the Eng
lish Parliament composed OF the
House of Lords and the House of Com
mons. Squire Parsons was the King
and presiding officer of all legal CON
ventions, and Constable Cole his EX
ecutive. The bosses at the tannery
and stores with Robert Manett as The
general superintendent, constitutet
the House of Lords, and the SWede'
were the House of Commons. In IN,
dream this seemed to be most happ,
arrangement. For if the Squire alon
were to govern, he might be despot
and do many an unjust thing, calcu
lated to interfere with the pursuit o
our happiness; if the bosses should b
permitted to govern without the Presi
dent and his Executive, they nigh
not always have in view the good o
the people; and if the Swedes, that i
the Commons had it exclusively thei
own way, all government in Wilcox
and the arrangement, which from
time immemorial has SO humanely AM
advantageusly cemented the thre
branches together for the benefit of all
would soon be an end.
No wonder that numerous visitor
from distant cities, who spent part c
last summer here, were so mucl
pleased with our internal and eXterna
arrangements. They saw Legislation
in it's perfection, the law upheld in 3,
its parts-except deer hunting, t
which for the sake of the august Wis
tors, the Squire ana Constable shu
one eye each-and independence reign
supreme. They have, therefore, con
Guided to return next summer to thi
most charming spot in Gods universe
and induce many more to accompann
them. Kane will be put in the shade
doubt not that Parliament will erec
an immense hotel for the accommoda
ton of hundreds. Thus Wilcox is de;
tined to becsme still greater than 1T is
Your truly, BRUTUs.
Wilcox, Oct. IA, 10.