The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-05-24
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the visitor naturally turns to the
right editors always do, it's natural
that they should, and in the first
room you come face to face with
Sheriff Young in fine, airy office,
with large windows, through which
many exterior beauties are broadly
and clearly visible. OF course the
sheriff will have many callers, some
of whom will be glad to see him and
some will not, and some or whom
will be invited to remain awhile in
the big safe at the rear of the main
building where thieves do not break
through and steal, "but where they
go when they steal first and are given
an opportunity to try and break out
afterward, if they can. A sheriff's
office is not always the gloomy place
that many think it is, there is q
great deal of graciousness and smil-
ing about It especially when bux-
ON widow drops in to pay her taxes,
or when one OF the good odstyle
friends from the interior ahghts on
his deputy and gives him grasp
of the hand like the grip of vice
his intentions are good but the grasp
is truly very affecting to the fingers.
We pass on and bearing to the
right, we come to another large,
cheerful room Here we are met by
his Honor, Judge Bullock This is
where the judge will sit in cham.
bers; the JUDGES room where he can
have privacy and attend to that
most important part of his work
which must be based on the princi-
pie "irst be sure you are right, then
go ahead" with the decisions. Per
sons who have never been in a judg.
es private room and seen how hard
and industrously he has to work
sometimes, possess but mere super
fetal idea OF what his labors really
are. Seen upon the bench only, it
looks as though he had very easy
and somewhat ornamental time OF it;
seen in his private room where he
has to consult authorities. examine
papers, weigh testimony pro and con,
and do vast deal of clerical work
then and there the ease vanishes
and the true status of what he has to
do comes ont.
But we will go on little further,
turn to the right,upstairs, still turn to
the right and now we come to the jail
or's room and the entrance to the jail
Will YOU 90 in? Well, some may,
but we hope it will not be many. Oh
this Jail 1t can be said to have fine
"staying" qualities, and those who
doubt the veracity Of this statement
are enioined to get halter and at
tach it to another mans horse and
there will be opportunity for the sher
III TO demonstrate the un-come out
ability of the county boarding house
Let us give the Jail the ''gC
by" would that everybody did)
and look in upon the great court
room-the coming scene OF forensic
eloquence-the theatre that is to bt
in the exposition OF many tragedy
drama or episode in high and low
life. The auditorium, ifitis permits
sable to apply that word to cour
room, is not only spacious, Blu
there is that appearance about it IL
the five large windows, with psrti
colored glass at the top, and the gen
eral ornamentation that betokens re
finement and advancement quite II
| keeping with the development an'
: progress that is here and all arounC
us. 1t now remains to furnish TIN
room with appropriate furniture ant
enforce such rules as will convey eli
fectually to the minds of all that
court room is place above all 9th
. ers, 1.-THE church alone excepted
. where there should be perfect orde
and the observance of that high de
4 gree of cleanliness which is akin t
goodness. Adjacent to the cour
! room there is excellent aceommoda
e tions for jurymen when engaged
e "finding a BILL" or celebrating o
a "what shall the verdict ber
DEFENDING the ample stairway t
the first floor, the first room on th
4 right OF the corridor is the office
!. the county and circuit clerk. Her
we meet the courteous Mr.. Potl
! and his obliging deputy, Mr.. Rel
: frow. In this office are issued thos
Il terribly secret and wonderfully my
t. terious public documents, known
0 marriage licenses and the getting
T. T. which causes many an unsophistic'
ted groom to paint all the walls
the room a bright red as rehectio