The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-15

see frequent COJI1r0El0OnS ucIWeVu the
physical and mental vig0r shown by
journalists. authors and professional
men past the allotted seventy years Ut
! life, aud the premature decay AMI death
Of our own ''brnin workers." 1t the
comparison was ever just 1t is 80 no
longer. and has not been fur y long time.
!, In every Lrnnch Of intellectual activity
! We can show :.S many vigorous men VIII"
are over three score and ten a< any 9TH
or country, in proportion 1" population.
1t ~ happens that within the coming
| week there will lN' observed, ly three
New Workers u: national t;,i:!c. birthday
celebrations that vii! suSgcs: Very st rik-
ingly the truth Of our proposition. To-
morrow. to begin with our eminent trio,
the oldest AMI one of the most famous
Of the Editors vt tins city, Col. jam (
Watson Webb. viii! br eighty years al
age. He WAS III. active contemporary
OF Nenncti. Greeley. Bryant and Ray
| n0llu, ami the S:niO" ~ Greeley ana
| Raymond. Although his career was
the stOrn,ie>t Oi' all and lr seemed likely
to live out his allotted time before tine
seventeen Year wa. reached, I've has sur
vivcd all his contemporary Journalists
OF this city ami has had many years 0t
Tranquil: contemplation nj the times
when he WAS yirlesi anil ready for any
! conflict. y walnut itw anil 4 warm friend.
This. too. witt: lac,sltie uninil:l.rctl,
and surrounded l,v all tina; can comfort
old age. not the least ci his consultations
l;.iEy tho fact that there is one j"urn-
:,li.t mere. with whom he fought many
battles against Il .r'I,IIIi"n itw. vii" j..
five year older than himself and still
able To- impress The lhll':i. opinion Of The
day, the the veteran Tlurlow Weed.
On sunday. the lHh instant. the mos!
| popular man il; .\nirris:;. Peter Cooper,
with facu!ti,s unirl'a;rtsi and " it'll II
stronger !.,,.: On the hearts al his .Ulili-
,rymMH than any other man. will ccic-
hl:,tr his ni,,:iy-sc.nn.l birthday. II Is
/ often Il suffice: -: dispute as t" who ~"
, the riches, ulcn in THIS c,univy. There
j. no chance. ~: ar:;rnic': On on" point.
! Peter ('nl"'I j.. OH: r;': r:i man H.
slE> n:a'l.' TIE wi~,>:i AMI most prOilt:-
:.h;c investments. Year by year. i".'
over - .;:.:.r.cr ui :, century. j." las rn-
j"yci II broadening: income "i the lM,r-
| est hal l';llc.S from li.c WllVtitrMl results
.H' his :.:c,t "inst;tutc." Whose. pupils,
l,v the ti,cl,>::n,'::, .:.li him !.l,~s.,! and
! invoke on his venerable head i'll" bless
i!,:.: Of (;"i. Panic: .l" not diminish
nor .s;S:,>;rt> ;l;:;rI his income -; lapri-
ness ;ru,n the contemplation at til: c;,-
u.'rs q; ,E' army nf pr;~l'.r't;> and
worthy n,,.i, win.>.. fortunes arc due /"
his bounty. Mud his c>ta'''--,,n!ihr
some others one that he can take
with him. when i,c leaves the world
that j. ~ n,nrh better for his having
lived in it.
On the 18th instant, another citizen q.
the metropolis. VIII" il u young man as
compared Will, Mr.. Cooper Int still old
enough t. illustrate eur original prOin,-
sitiom. will celebrate his scv.'nty-scvcmth
birthday. II. however. II stranger
should have his attention called I" the
erect and powerful figure "f david nud-
ley Field. ;S he was tanin: his daily
walk Of nearly four miles dawn or UP
town, it would IT, difficult IL make the
former Relieve tia; this vigorous man,
witt, his firm, aud >lalwart step. was
past sixty. Still one "f the most active
workers in the profession whose
heights l,c gained when many of our dis
tim.lliSh,al lawyers were boys nj school,
he has never shown greater intellectual
vig"r in work outside Oi strictly prUft~-
<i"llai channels than in the last year.
and looks as though he wcrc-;,s Thcu~
.lrrr Parker said Webster Was -''huiii
IL .,;. Il century" Within the last
wc,'k--a> w. observed in !. Washington
di>lH,trE IT, the Ziih""--thc House.
COMMITTEE" appointed I" devise bill for
The counting If H. crtOraI votes. ut the
suggestion g.. Mr.. Field, az the hi.l,t~,
an'! hest authority, had been requested
I" draft Il hill which it il ~ c'll,s> I" sav
j. Ot the utmost importance. :;lal demands
the Wi>cs: craftsmanship.
| il Is >,.l,!Oh rat lsrHr!ilerS arr. per-
nittcd t" ENJOY :l,r vtr'iicts Of l"'~l"rity
\ M "a.
in the heat "i The conflicts Tic; in.vita-
bly, c:t,S.' AMI while Victory j. still III
doubt. MIR Field, battle Tor Law Re-
trm' has hc.u >".cr.' enough ~ !uvr
pr.natGr.:y a"cl or killed most n"m.
hut he has ,i.tr. IL see il ~u'';N""'';l la'-
:"rd ANY +. ior:I al t:l. country. III
i:c:, as long: ago, ;lS ::,,l. as We liial III
| recent publication, Robert Lowe. now
Lord Sh"r''r"kc, ""ItlcEs.,! the verdict
! Of the profession on h..ti, >i;i. Oi the At
! !anti':. when 'w said:
! He trusted thar his hcnnr:,'lr friend.
Mr.. Field, would e" down I" ln,>tcri,y
with this glory hat ''c had moi emily
essentially ser ed ni::. Uf the Greatest
! rollntri' IN the States Of .\,ncri,.,, hut
tina, l"' had al~t. l'u':id: Il :. cheap and
satisfactory code of law i0r & :rrv colony
! that bore Tie English name. Mr.. Field.
| indeed. !Ha' not squared! III" circle; he
bad n"! found out amy solid which an
; -w"r.,l I" more than three .lcn"iI.ina-
ti"n: IL. had 40: '!i~cnvc:,. :! any power
: ::.oi' >Hhtic than electricity nor one
tina; w"u!'! low with mere dc"iIi,y To-
the <,rvi"" 81 man than team. l;ut h.
; had done .r,:,:.'rt:,inr- "ha.! laid tn"
foundation. "f'"'':' and tranquility. in
; establishment "ia*. stem THAT would
/ mike. = i,N :, :,i,.. sine :nS;a.,i ~ u
| s'U.i,~,. I" n,an;.i"l. lie believed that
no acquisition nf n""!crn times If he
rightly ui"!sr.ncl what ,':.! men done
IL III" STATE Of >cw York he believed
that no achievement W the intellect was
! I" y" ,'r':!:ir'; /" Mat nv which Mr..
:'rl'! had rr:'w'.i the ui,>,.rlit:,'> nnu
~" '.c!i,,ir..:it:,- ";u:t'; w!i"a New
York in COMMON with this cu,,:,:ry an,!
the colonies had -, ION. :rrm,,r.l.
o. ~" still hyn'''; w"r; alt.!,l"'cd hv
Mr.. Field toward harlonizii,y and code