Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-01-11

blow to poverty by an act Of the leg
islature placing all mankind upon ;
common level in money matters anC
on the other the modest legend ot
some village shoemaker. May trace
scion of the upper nobility through
all the may labyrinths Of eight hun
dred years hack to the prlmevai mon,
sters Of the Bohemian forest, and re-
turn to the insipIdity of ordinary
life, down the genealogical pathway
of 8 cotswold ram.
But this is not all. Not only ha;
the author consulted the interests OF
iposterity in these respects. but has
given to the public, through the me-
dium Of his sketches, vast amount
of information of current value,
which otherwise would never have
been known. OF persons thus saved
from oblivion the single example Of
Mr.. Need will suffice for illustra-
ton. This gentleman is presented
to the admiring reader for the first
time by Judge Berry. He is repre-
scented as barrister of good learn
ing and ability partner IN one of
the leading law concerns Of the coun-
ty, having entire control of the firms
business at their principal Office.
That lawyer of such attainments
should have so long escaped obser-
vation is of itself sufficiently out Of
the order of things to excite moder-
ate surprise. That the gentlemen
with whom he is connected should
have found it In conscience to ap-
propriate TO themselves the entire
credit Of the reputation which their
firm enjoys without any public re-
cognitiOn of the eminent service of
Mr.. Need, turns moderate surprise
to absolute incredulity. But the cli-
max Of skepticism is attained when
we consider the absurdity Of 3 silent
partner in business in which noise
is the capitol stock of trade. Yet
such is the case. 1t is so written in
history we must believe. And, SO
believing, we can not but feel CRATE
ful to Judge Berry for thus rescu-
ing Captain Need from the unmer-
tied obscurity from which his own
modesty and the jealousy Of his as
sociates would never have suffered
him to emerge.
We must thank the authsr of these
sketches, also, for number of po-
iitical suggestions, which are all the
more valuable for being gratuitous.
We call them suggestions, because
with that liberty of language which |
only historians may use the bio
grspher speaks of the political
honors in store for q number of gen.
tlemen whose fitness for the places
designated would never have oc-
Cured to the people in any other
way. Parliamentary ability Of the
highest order, according to Judge
Berry. is yet cloaked in the russet
garb of rural innocence. Warriors
Of such determined valor as nothing
but danger can sssuage, whose only
pleasure is the indulgence Of mar
sial memories, are gravely nominated
BY Judge Berry to the petty distine-
ions Of civil life.
But if the matter of these inimita-
Die productions be admirable, to
What length may we not go in praise
If the authors style-a style emil
nently suited to the nature Of the
and purely the authors
own. Its tone is ever clear, always
elegant, never extrayagant.
What, for clearness, can excel the
passage in which We read than "On
he 9Th day Of May, 1881, he WAS
married to his present wife, Mrs.
previous to her marriage to
,im.'' Or this, by diligent study
he succeeded In acquiring q more
han ordinary elementary educa-
ion."
OF elegance let US take at random
single example. "Clear to see the
and advantages neces-
AIRY to the growth of local trading
.enter he saw that the site Of the
own OF -- possessed many IA
-orable conditions for becoming q
village" OF the entire
Ibsence of everything fulsome or ex.
raxagant, what proof is wanting
rhen it is found that even in the
ase of q country physician whose ,
'ractice covers at least ten miles Of
erritory, the author can cay no more
ban this: ITO attempt to estimate I
he service he has rendered suffer- .
ng humanity would be like attempt
ng to measure the waters Of the 4
cean or to number the snow-fiakes :
hat descend from heaven"
It is to be regretted that the space {
llotted to this review is too cramped 9
D admit Of further detail. But If l
hat has already been written fails Z
D abate the prejudice Of the vulgar
gainst these invaluable contribu-
ons to literature, further reasoning | {
'ouid be thrown away. Enough for t
s that the work exists. A work in | +
'hich the solidIty Of prose is re- t
eyed by the softness of poetry, in /
'hich the barren fields Of common II