The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-19
A PECULIAR CASE.

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The Turning Point In NV Pro-
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1ess1onal career
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When you said at the bar-dinner there
was always one peculiar case which marked
the upward turn of a LAWYERS career I re-
piled that such had been nv own exner;.
~ - .eafn 'ne particulars
wnlch L mad then no time to give. To-day
being a rainy time at the Springs, forbid
ding all outdoor exercise, 1 shall kill time
NV writing all abopt r.
W. ~. frst 49, 80 :, ,.s.
c"o nns' "ee anu iaio 'ne
OF our while serving together in
the State Senate. I was then in the full
practice of nv profession with No notion
If ro;rr rnon ~. h.noh 80
VI sU.ns upon 1ne Dencn' 1ou were from
a dlnerent part OF the State, and it is
scarcely possible that you had ever heard
much of INV early career. bepan practice
in Gordon Countv which +birtr ...ns
n 'nIOy years
Stnce, was IN 1ne Dackwooos. crawford,
JUS Sou1ty !oWn, mas now over nifty thou
ssno lnnaoitants the It was a struggling
stu1nse % Tess nan elgnG nundred.
came TO Brantford, the two
weaiShiest men there were Able Prescott
ana benjamin Cuyp. Inc former had in
ner1teo q nne estate, n also obtained a
large amount OF ready money by his wife.
Tue ialuer, mneIlGlng very nttle, mad made
money very Ias6, ana by means not quite
cIsoloapie. Inc one vas a iree liver; the
uSner ciose = Penurlous. IL was Known
Una! lrescott gone TO the bad, as the
saying Is, on the death OF his wife, and was
geoelng emparrasseo In ms affalrs. He
1rank nard, ana tnus ~capaclat himself
I ~ sne Pru9en6 OF business.
ne preo ana ran ~ce-nors ana his colts
rarely won. ne gained, ana was unlucky
az onas. Inc Iesul5 was 5na5 ms ready
money gave OUT, Jne most OF his real
estate became heavily mortgaged. The
money was always loane by Cuyp; and
Cuyp advanced money in that
way tne property securing the loan came
INTO MS n sooner or later. 1t got to be
q saying, when a mortgage with Cuyp as
mortgagee was recorded: "Old Ben has
ooen puylng announcer farm tcneap." Cuyp
raTeiy put nlmseiI Onward In these trans
euao Mose Mnissen was tne go-pe-
conveyance n a real-estate agent. He
wae aiso an d~ucCIoneer, IN Iact, ne en-
SeeSu u dlsuos1 any tn3ng Wnereoy penny
mIeno % ninoe. ana ne nad maze a good
MmdAy Penhies. ne was growing rlcn.
through MIN Cuyp loaned Prescott quite
large sums OF money, which the latter
uandefed
lresco55 mad an only daughter. Marion
lresco11 Was-Du6 need not describe her.
You saw ner when over forty-a handsome
woman, ana you can imagine her at
eighteen. ! had met her on several occa.
SONS; but the father was still considered
flcn, ana l, q poor young lawyer, had no
preoehsloas as q sulIor: Her Iatner
tess loseu ner' pdc ne oio not alter ms
ha y, Si.n = Snav. AZ isnsen ne was a11acKed
IgeeIiy oroken U could not Withstand 1t.
ne aieo, no1 az tns lrescott homestead, but
0n WAY was Iaminariy Known as tne -FOUR
Sec1Ion furcnase. About a year before he
nad let tne FAMILY place, which was heavily
mDiogageo, ana removed 10 the large tract,
winch was free from all encumbrance. His
gasnt tf anr miu pougaS arom 9oVein-
Meeune uuf secelons OF rIch ia1u, eng
" n; t ai45s 'nT river, anu miie from
r;EnsaosasI lu !. me ~ JusI CoucIeu Cne
On anu eue up 10y sureets. u contained
wenSy-ny huhured ana sl3Gy acres OF tne
nnest ianu IN tne county, One sectlon had
peen cleared ana put fence, on the
rlsn1 manu- sue OF tne river, ana on Gnls a
ruoe put SUBSTANTIAL frame mouse had been
erecSeu. weary as mucn naa peen cleared
on Sne oe9er sue OIL 1he river. Inc pace
MaS ra'eu az De'"eeh twenty ana 1nirty
uo na Ia acre. - .
aDn LIE uT %nEe trescoC' saIa 10 ms
uau Maron. b,t n |, ~ very 9 ny NY
IA bomastoad y yIai1 na nHS WANT. me
III y anupSnlsseeau, gnu ene valey !arihs, anu
sne tnree Town houses are heavily encum-
pereu: Py gooa management, you may
KEEP Sne nomesCeaa, 1ne resi- VIII nave 70
go. CuyP ~ ge6 tnem. Lev MN Ioreclose
ILL On .t zen . canc pay tne lnterest, mucn
Tess sne PIInctpai puC you can pay one
Years ln1eresb on 1ne nomesgeao: Inerest
are uesiraoIe properly, ana VIII yleia a
surplus over the DEBT Upon them enough to
elear tne momesteao. nave le1t you exc
cutrlx. This property we are on has not a
cent against it. The cleared part will pay
tne taxes and Keep you after a FASHION;
ana In 9ime IL VIII oe very
IN sPlte OF all Una on tne DAY a1ter the
funeral, Cuyp produced a Iced from Tres
erty IN lee, LOT tne expressed consldera-
tion OF thirty Thousand dollars, little more
than half its value. The deed was dated
ACKNOWLEDGED more than three months
before 1t was offered for record. 1t was
acknowledged before M,k1ssen, who was
also one OF the subscribing Witnesses, the
other name being mat OF a 10 DAVIS, a sort
OF nanger-on OF M,klssen, VINO a been
ABOUT Iour weeks beIore by Tine
upsettlng OF a boat IN the river. l hap
pened to be In the county Clerks office
when Cuyp Drougnb IN the document. !
was at a deed book, engaged In a search.
and, after CuYp a gone out, Parsons, the
County Clerk, spoke to me about it, saying
it was a bad business, as it left Miss Tres:
eott without anything: l took the deed
from him, and looked 1T over. There could
pc no ooupt aoout Irescott's signature, a
bold one, with which l was familiar. But
l what Prescott had done with
all that money, and l said SO. We talked
the matter over, and at length concluded
that he must have gained it away:
The next day I met Miss Prescott in the
street and she accosted ms.
"Mr. Bonsall" she said, II was about tt
send for you. Mr.. Grover, you know, was
papa's lawyer. He is out OF town, and will
not return for several weeks. muSt have