Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-02
JOHN q. CARLISLE.
The nIaiasn speech af tho Man who
~ Will DO she Next Speaker.

lFrom the Louisville tKy.) Commercially
...Johns &. Carlisle 10 one Of tho
grestest men In the country" said
Fprolhinent Kentucky politician last
night. 81 have known him since he
was y boy. and have watched his
ced1se Nilh Il great deal Of interest.
|Fhet first time, 1 met HIM he was =
PcouAtry boy. on 9 farm just back Of
Covington: He was pale, studious
6oyi working hard all DAY on the
farm aud studyiug aud reading. by
biRht. visited his family several
times aud always found John sitting
| on in one corner with big book IN
| his hand. He was quiet kind OF .
fellow. spesking only when spoken
to-, When he v wss about II years Old
| be startada to teach! school, He WAS
|. I.rethtr Shy at drst but in few wesk .
hjs iupils all sdored him. He taught
| in = little out. .of.the.wsy schoolholse, /,
Aud the story goes that he fell 'desper-
Ateli in, loys witt h . young lady who
lived aain 4 ..COyipgtons and was out
Fwhefe he taught visiting relatives. I
Idsh't Know why or rhow his courtinX
iesd6d; but the.isdy IN question is now
the mother. Of tour ch,idhes, aud 10 a
IsxsrA fat, prosy,laokipg married fw0i
1asshj She lives. .Wilhiu y etnDs's throw
f0f Ceslsle, ~ Covingaon, 4Has prac-
ftiefGg, law in the Coyingtou district.
lx1d Pne OF my frieuds was telling that
EyUn4g Carlisle wss' going TO make q
fsRsfh'ius sbe courthouse that day on
isomks isnd little. il Both OF. US were
IfriSS Ids, of his family, aud We took
confderable interest in him. We de-
tter9tiiud 70 90 aud hear him make his
mai@eA speech. ai,- ts,.. s-s !-t, >.
L. TIE .csseswas of . dry. hard, kDotty
[chathcter, fIll Of legal subtilty,
apdtI thought to myself: Johnny.
IAld Soy,. you're in for failure to-day
There was hardly any one in the
leon it.rooin except lawyers, aud. con-
ksidef efiux sha csses aud It's aniience, 1t
.inustt have been q, trying maiden Of
Il0Etj / can see Carlisle now as he
stedd up In the courtroom with a
eOptsef the revised statutes in his
ha0d. He had that same weary, stu.
dioas look in his eyes, that same cold,
pasiionIees expression on bis pale face
that he ifias to-day. Without the lsas;
degree Of nervousness, in y plain
/ cnfdb, quiet wsy, he begsii his speech
YO4 could see that, he had mastered
evety detail. anu the lawyers, ~ they
grew more and more Interested
moved their bodies for " ard aud hung
on his words.2 l hsve no hesisation il
ssyiuR thstiit was the best, speech 0
tbs kipd ever made in the Coyiugtol
courthouse. Without telling an snec
dotb or cracking q joke, there wal
something so. winning in his voice
and; in his manners that the interes
never tagged. When he had finishes
the jlaWy ere all crowded around him
the Judge shook hlm warmly by the
hAud, aud Tom Jones. who happened
to DC in the courtroom, told him b
had . great future before him. Frou
that day his fortuae was made. Prac
Etice poured jn on him, and III twt
years he was doug iaore business
thst Sny lawyer in ahst judicial dis
tridt. have heard him many time
Isin9e then, aud he has never chanxet
his style or his manner. He has
renjArkably sweet voice, and while
nsHer heard him tell au sauecdote
lpri tstely or publicly, there is sons
thipg about the man that Is insxpr
Understanding. He made an arxumen
befbre the ;ceur:c O, appeals in q mur
der case . few years ago, aud spok
two hours: When he cou
lctudsd Judge oCofer asked the othe
judges to adjourn for the day. Whe
asAsd by one Of the lawyers-wh
had . case set for that day-why b
adjourned court after Carlisle
lspdech, the old judge sIswered crisp
lya 4 hated to hear . good thin
spdiIed, aS would be the case II an
other man had followed him. ..a
.AGarlisle's vile had . wonderful il
1uSncs over him, and it was due
: her that he did not 60 the way Of to
I matIy young politicians who came
l Fr&hkfort and got taste Of the liQuc
that 10 sold there"