Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-01

tQe SIdTS. Lct uS lniHh Ihoe hio uy iAS
eyes read mystic meaning which on
ly the rapt and parting soul may know.
Let us believe that in the silence of
the receding world he heard the great
wave breaking on a further shore,
and felt already upon his wasted brow
the breath of eternal morning"
From McKeesport, (Pa.,) Times of Feb. Isl
For Supreme Court of PENN
syIvania, Maj. A. M. Brown.
Historians, briefly. with truth and clearness
should relate
When one sincerely respects an in
dividual, it is very hard to write un-
romantic facts. Our admiration oft
times tempts US to extol the virtues OF
a man for whom we entertain the
warmest feelings ofregard. The truth
full adjectives will tell the story much
better than would the superfuities OF
aesthetics. One of the most eminent
LAWYERS in the State now rightfully
claims recognition and support from
his fellow citizens The Supreme
Court is the conscience of the State,
| and in November next there is to be
elected to this place of trust one new
member to take the place vacated by
Chief Justice Sharswood, retiring. He
who would take upon himself this sa-
cred trust must be man of force-a
man of acute ability, of legal instinct !;
a man possessing a strong sense of
right; and, besides being an able law
yer, he must be capable of being an hon.
est, conscientious and impartial Judge.
Pennsylvania has many very eminent
lawyers and many are eager for such
high distinction, yet all unite in ac-
knowledging Maj. A. NJ. Brown to be
the man most fitted for such respon-
sible position. Being Western man
his claims are doubly good-since it is
but right with the present bench COM
posed of majority of the Judges re-
siding in the East, there should be
another from the West.
'Now, WHO Is THIS MAN 2"
With pleasure we relate the history
of Mai. A. NJ. Brown. He was born
50 wears ago in Brownsdale, Butler
county, Pa, of staunch old..Covenanter
stock. At the age of Is years, he was
able to successfully contest with men
of matured minds. On growing up he
became clerk in the wholesale grocery
store of James Marshall, Allegheny
CITY. but afterwards he started up for
himself in Brownsville. While not yet
out of his teens he was elected Major
of militia regiment, Col. Mclaughlin
commanding. In 49, having been
taken with the gold fever he set out
by the overland rout for California
The perils of this trip, its humors and
it's Incidents, are set forth in his book
which he wrote of his travels on re
turning, with descriptive power rare
ly eaualed in the works of our very
best literary characters. Here we find
him in the role of lawyer. Entering
the Office OF his uncle, T. M. Marshall
ESQ.,, he began the study of the law
soon after his return from beyond the
Mississippi Developing marked abil
ity he became his uncle's partner In
| 1865 Mr.. Brown went into business
| for himself, and for the past eleven
years his practice has not fallen below
the handsome net of $25, 900, per an
mum. We were permitted to examine
the Twenty Second Volume of his Gas
; es argued in the Supreme Court, and
to show the methodical habits of this
remarkable man, who claims your con
sideration, allow US to point you to The
great care shown in the compiling o
his paper books on many of the most
important cases reported in the United
States and tried by him. For conve
nience he has brief to each volume
corresponding to the arrangement o
Brightly's Digest He has, also,
large number of volumes of Bills ii
Equity, bound. The examination o
these volumes will convince any law
yer that he who wrote them possessed
q master Aristotelian mind, genius o
flashing brilliancy, a memory tha
holds for all time the most trivial cir
cumstances. And as to his scholar
ship. THE erudition Of this man ii
marvelousp 1t is an indisputable fact
whatsoever else may be said, that Maj
A. M. Brown has o larger knowledge
of the practice in the Supreme Cour
of this State than any other man in thu
entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Few lawyers succeed in filing ever
one-half the volumes Of paper-books il
the whole course of their lives, such a
Mr.. Brown fills each year. He is oil
able man, careful man, an homes
man, apd withal, refined, cultured
scholarly, gentle hammered man. Ant
now, that one strange coincident, con
nected with our candidate must be re
lated, to add little romance to lif
! spent amidst musty papers and old Law
books, let US prophesy that Old Mid
dlesex township Butler county, ma.
again be represented, this time not b,
Chief Justice Thompson, but by Chic
Justice Brown, whose fathers farm ad
Joined that of the old Chief Justic
Thompson, under whose observation
: young Brown had been regarded as
youth of good promise and rare capaci
; ty. We wonder does this coinciden
, auger propitiously? To his fellow cit
, izens he comes recommended by hi
, works, by thy works thou shalt b
} justified
Maj. Brown is worthy man, an'
, he comes claiming your recognition a
, 'one whom Natures self had made t.
mock herself and truth to initiate
And being the candidate of the West
t he is certain of the nomination, if thi
/ persevering, pushing end of the Stat
can give it to him; and nominated
means elected, for Maj. Brown ls, be
! yond doubt, a candidate chosen TO
f his worth, by the universal acclamatio1
, of an admiring, trusting people. AN
, now for few words Of comment ol
, TINT which are xirtna mapnanimitY