The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-14
Ex-sErAroR DAVID DAVIS.
His Loss of "Reminiscences q the
Eastern shore and Illinois.

his Loss OF tIGSn-lSentn1sceuteb % tno
Eastern shore and Illinois.
"Gath'sp Saratoga Letter.
Judge Davis, formerly of the Supreme Corr
is at the Grand Union Hotel with his -4fa e.1
perhaps his father OF kinsmap ~, cite 80 :,
old gentleman to be who e near than Mrs
paws pay Is a modest Proper wife for man Of the
! 'sssages age ana position She looks to be some
where between thirty and forty. is rather small
in figure, Su1 graceful. and has an aniiable ex-
preston Judge Davis looks very di fferent from
what he was when he was on the bench en-
countered him to-day on the piazza and told
him that he looked fresh and well preserved
Said he: Il feel very we'll though some of
my friends are a little alarmed at ms rapid lOss
OF flesh. Some persons do not like to tell their
age or their weight, but weighed three years
ago. more than 300 pounds. and when was last
weighed, not many weeks ago weighed but24l
pounds
Said |: Judge. your sieges IN an armchair.
listening to law cases probably made you fat"
NO, said the Judge, Il inherited large
pody Flesh is natural to me We only sat
four hours hearing cases, but our real work be-
gan at night, when we had to sift the speeches
and write our views and decisions Some per-
sons can get up in the morning and do that kind
of work, but 1 never could. had to do it ;,t
night. Consequently sat up every night till
midnight. This work, continued so many years,
made me FESTIVE under it. | was thirty years on
the bench. having served a portion Of the time
on the State bench of Illinois.
Said /: Where is your home now7s
Il live just out of the town of Bloomington
I'll 1t is a town of 10000 people There
read walk, attend TO some business and live an
altogether more active life than when was on
the bench
Il have just read your novel through said
the Judge, incidentally, Il am familiar with
that old country you describe You know
was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland A
few years ago farm was inherited by me there
and went to look at it. They said to me:
When are you coming here to liver Said 4 L
am not coming at all; / live in Illinois, aIli-
nols! said the Eastern shore people, why you
are out of the world off there
They really thought that it was III a barbaric
land to live in great big State like illinois, and
that they were in the center of the world They
are contented people, and good many are an
ignorant people"
Said ]: Judge, that was a queer life for you
to go of to Illinois from such quiet spot as the
Eastern Shore.
We'll, said the Judge, 'you know went to
college IN the West Henry Winter Davis was
my cousin, and his father was an Episcopal
minister and the president Of ST Johns College,
Annapolis. He was a great friend of Bishop
McIlvaine. Through Dayis's fathers influence
with my father went to college at Kenyon, in
Ohio, as Henry Winter Davis did got 10 see
Western people and the better chances in the
West, so settled in Illinois. When | got out
there, think every member of the bar drank
and gambled. Some of them were as brilliant
men as ever you knew looked on awhile and
made up my mind would neither drink nor
gamble and consequently | have survived
small host of men probably better entitled to
live and be useful than myself. did not smoke
a cigar until was pretty well advanced in life;
indeed only a few years ago.
Perhaps my loss of flesh is attributable to
my stopping smoking which | did for some time.
prefer pipe, said the Judge ito cigar.
smoke Lone Jack tobacco tits the highest
priced tobacco. costs about 50 a pound. and Is
made about Lynchburg / cannot smoke Turk
ish tobacco at all.