, 1880-06-11
ILLINOIS BAR.
!. N. Afnofd's "Reminiscences of
- It's Early Days.
How Justice Was Administered In
Those Primitive Times,
Justice Dnttcritcld and Senator Baker,
A Pcrjurcr Detected.

.,y i,
Tho 1rst Of tho series Of biographical and bis.
torical essays on tho carly 1lnr. or Chicago ntil
tho State pf llnois, " be delivered during tho
year under tho auspices Of tho Chicng1 llnr As
s,outlon. nttrnctc1 very fMtr nu,lieHc6 ol Rctl-
tienon md Indies " Fairbnnk ifnll yosterlny
evening. Among thohu prcsent uIny Of whom
wcrc accompanied l'y ln'ly compnuonH, were tho
Ttt.-itev lslshnp McIntcn, Elliott Anthony. Cen
Skinner, il. ". waItc. il. r. Willing, ". e.
0nnt. Albert W. lInxnr, II. q. Col
Illus, a. r. Lny, II. T. Sheldon, Gcn.
N. H. ls,,fonl, tho ltov. Canon Knowles Chnrtcs
A.GrcRory. j. 4. soeper. l.. u. Sturrnilt Thou1ns
Don't, judgu ". ". Farwcll, james Il. High,
judge Foley, Jutgo 1lraaey, Thotnns Hoyne, and
Others. :; = y
Tho proceedings opened with tho singing by
tho ChtcngO Quartet UluD OF Tho s01,g "Nottinry
Dulls Aru ifnRtng," aftnr which Gc,,. l. N. Ht,!cs
President of tho Association, prrsenlcA'to the
audience the Iipn. 1sino N. Artlold, tho lecturer
uf tho oycnIng, wf,U announced rs bis subject,
"ltocollectione Of tho Eatiy Chieugo Rnd Illinois
Dnr," which ho trcated In tho following highly
Interesting manner:
Tiia EAttLY COURTS OF 1LLtSors.
The Jud9o usually suit upon II rAlscl plntfor7n.
with n plneor white wood bonrl on which u
wrlto hiB uotca A small tlblo on ono sltlc for
tho clerk, and u largor ono. sometimes covortsl
with xr,pn bnlzo, arounu which wcto grouped
tho lAwyers. too oftcn, must almit. With thofr
fent On tho top OF It. Fru,n ono " anothor Of
Hr pnsse ssS Solewng o eoe liz q erc III
horseback, with sntl',lo-baKs fnr tloin shirt Of
books. so1,ot'mlcs two lawycrs wo,.l,i Ga1cl to.
% wsre %sti!i IL tss ssoi,tIton 'hha Shch erens Ea.
Bltsh Jut1yu l11lnrGf WIS tho Dn0 Indispensable
qualification fut tNt}GCe9A-pOvrrty. BtlCil IN HtlUt
without q d9alar II lts ptcket. solnotl,nes wont
fc6 III tto early days, WHEN ht.rso ihioyc, ms
clients wero but too common. md 1t would rot
1g l94x, ifa y9nnR NM, hGl 81 ability. ncfuEn ~ hu
unys Hrcnt freedom III son!nl intcrcnurso; ma,1.
nofs were IT times rude. but Ktnlnl, kl1,.l, nnd
friendly. Eaeh ssas rcady to nssist hh felk'w.
Jealousy. Tho rentlons butwcgn tho Dench Nnd
1,nr were free md easy. and tlnshos of Wit and
iaAsing from ono to the otbor. Tho court
rooms In u1oso aays wurt asways crowded. 70
70 to court and lIaton u tho Witnesses a1ld law;
tic frnnttcr settlements. At court were r..
henrscd ind cnnctntl the ds1,!!1a. tho tr1lxcdy.
ana sS1'dfy for g sne 1a s o
oposa Ut tho Older scttlclnrnta; The Judges and
lawyess wore tho starr; and W.T. md hn'n,or
Audiences. The l!.,.ilus ndyocatus. Ind their
pErtisnl,s pcrsural and political, n,id the merits
1f caca were canyassctl IN ovcry eabn scho1.
inE. The lawyers Ecro stltnuiateI to tho ut
inv b0oks. woro cpn1prljr,j to soiyc oycry 9,cs.
ton Sy Tho ppnljcattut OF principle. Ihts VIA
prod1ccd grcat men; Il bNly III i,,en Of
iii hishof ability thai, those who iook
fur md lind MI tu1lntlIcutcl cise to aettlo
nvrrv mini whirh tlliiy Hrlgp. TNo mrrt. tsisc
lhwycr w,ls pKny III iho huIt,s Of ono uf those
intellectual HIt,iits, whose mind hui booti
aid In rens,ninr from IL %annlUTy, / nccti b,it
iatnc sufuc Of tho proiucut tl.ci, Mt tic llitnIs
ilnr thirty md furty yeurs iIv t., hliow tnt tho
proslucctl very aDiu t,icn, now ind et1arvclY
settled State which HUI at It's IMr auch ult.ll Us
enl,1: 5nn 'nker nof Mf.as Cnhi iucr stee%
Linn. nnyi.i Dnyis. Washt,iirno. Mci}ntn3,li
am vnr; t,,,sv oti,ors. ns imwycra. nearly Il mi
Gnl,r enuaiitv: viii nt,y ntrt 81 E;Twbrid IL
hi n{wcr. 7.FooS En!. 1e.fs
t,,,.c, = ;.,,,-+ !, ~ r e"H'F'