Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-12
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Senator Chandler Of New Hampshire 10 ,
r,.n al undoubted backbone, . and = mum.
-, AZ Anecdotes are related Of him vhsch ex
oslsen,ly illustrate the vast assistance which
,his trait has been to him.
when he was quite young man, hsvinl
10. recenily entered practice, he vas called
"a defend case at Lowell Butler, or one
Of biz elients had purchased piece Of real
s.s.fs in which . woman claimed right "a
!. nor,i0n of tb. rebtsls. A tenant paid his
,sa, TO her and Butler could not get posse sion.
The Ca g xss quite 4 celebrated one. Chosfe
III b.sr il il and several Of the distinguished
I.wxer. Of she day Yet stiA Butler had the
ss.t Of Il and the mos; the opposing lawyer.
h.4 teen able 10 do w4s to obtain
no..eonements from time to time on
y.,;aus prstexts At length I'll. case ~ss to
eog,s 10 again. The defendants lawyer.
80 river it No. and ~ a last resort she came
70 sonny Chandler. lie appeared in the de-
,sces ffrn. Buffers brow beating methods
n eoar, are A. veil known rs he man him
,s.s He tired them on the young man.
af fGy gIltF ne isrf tif5 Sost INV
,s,aea,ter the occasion still roar With laugh
,e, .trhs remembrance Of Chambers thirteen
..,,a,ie, Of the cock eyed man." which he
roar-d. ore after another, reientlessiy upon
pntl,r, devoted heat. and, - the slang
,,a,s,s Of the present day is, fairly wiped the
soor With hin. Judge, bar, jury, and spec
tators fell into tumultuous uproar OF laugh
ter shich no officer ever attempted to qaelI
AZ the close Of his anecdotes Mr.. Chandler
grsyely, although his talk had not so much
a. touched the case. asked for a continuance
and got II
The next lag the tenant Of Mr. Chandler's
client, An spothecary by profession, called
ut,on the lawyer and asked what he should
40 in case Nf. Butler came To eject him by
force.
xiii him. said Mr.. Chandler quietly.
what :" CALCULATED the astonished apothe-
cary.
.'shoot him through the head, insisted the
lawyer
Mr. Chandler reached for pen and wrote ;
III Bel jamin r Butler attempts TO eject
yoa from The premises occupied by you my
siyice ia TO shoot him through the head q"
The next day Mr.. Butler appeared with a
posse pre- pared to ejec, the sp thecAry. The
latter show ed him his instructions.
''poob go said Mr.. Butler throwing down
the PAPER If you should shoot ue you
you'd hang
That !. 10 affair Of mine" returned the
spo'heeafy The advice Of my counsel is
10 shoot you it you modest me. and I shall
do il cnntit ned with blood H. his eye,
a. be producsd big , YEA shooter.
..Dsn,ned # | don't believe you would be
s,s, .r,igh 10 shoot me :" said Butler, as he
tprned and left the shop
H.. AZ once called npoi Mr.. Chandler and
effected .eiiicment Of W. long contested
case. sfantng 10 he woman share IN the
rent. shien she claimed
A trustee Of a famous American DispeB
.ary. tells d pathetic incident winch oe-
Cured one morning recently. An old Ger
mao woman wa. discovered with soap and
water carefully ,crnbhing the steps of the
Di.pen.sry. ON being asked by the jani
tor, Who hired sou 10 do this, and from
whom do you expect 10 yet your pay T. she
said Nobody hired me sir, and | don't
sspeet 10 get any pay esther. ! was very
alex some time ago. and the good people OF
the Di.rtnsary took care of ine and cured
me- = 4. ten 20 bb spHfAbiHk iO'
,hey hti lone so much for me. The only
hing I could think of that could do was TO
come here and scrub the steps. ! saw they
needed It.. and I'm coming to scrub them
every SATURDAY"
The late war furnished large number Of
Instances phnrr strong vital force tfiumphed
over what appeared 10 be iDeviab g death
Frank l. ke,es enlisted in Massachusetts,
regiment sariy in the war He was man
Of magnificent ply sique Gfsst tall, powerful
and heavy Somewhere IN the tweniies he
never knew the roanIng Of an ache Ir pain
file Wa oae Of two men selected from Hook
ers corps as signal service aids on Mc-Ciel-
lans stafi
He had vonderfuly keen ey esight. Stand
ing On " lisTd'- hotel he could read with the
naked eyr the iiay signals from the top of
the Msfshal house 10 Alexandria, eight
miles ~ the crow flies. At Melvern Hill
Capt Reyes va. struck a glaneing blow in
the snail of lbs back by piece IT spent
she'll. shich killed his horse. Forty eight
hours he Inv liuioned by the horses body
before he vas rescued.
Examination showed that the processes of
Two lumbar vprfebrr we're badly fractured,
and that the spinal co.d had received a severe
confusion. For mo- ths he hDYerri between
life apd dss-h, the surgeons declaring that it
sould be impossible for MIN to hive
Blu, he refused to die. For nine years he
Law IN bed. unable to sit up Then he re-
covered sufficiently to use cripple's chair.
lie still lives. and. with the exception Of Sc
we're headaches. has fairly good health, but
is unable to walk.
Man is tough animal. anyway. He
doesn die without a large amount Of provo
eaton
Il Nasup in the Colorado mountains in
~. sd Dr. : Is. Thompson the other day :.
II Was ircsh from jefferson Medical college,
and though ! was there to hunt gold, had
some practice thrust upon me. One day
another physi, ian came to me.
Thompson. said he, Il have got to go
down 20 Denver for couple of weeks.
There il typhoid case up in Pizen Gulch
~hich wish you would drop in on. He
wont lsst more than week. but don't want
him IL die without some attention.
agreed To look out Tor him | found the
sick man III rickety cabin. with u big hole
in the root through which both rain and snow
with couple of blankets over him. The
only care he had was given by few rough
miners. good hearted. but ignorant of the first
pthciplt. of nursing. He wasa ls~k, hollow
ssed yop7N 'ier of 20 gave HIM some med
icine and eft directions with the miners
about xiv ng 1t.
! ou viii last about three days, thought.
But the no 1t time | called h, Was stili alive,
Cant last much longer said this time
But he stood another visit and then the other
doctor came hack and saw no more of HIM
Three months later a Young fellow came into
my place and greeted me in a thin, piping
voice
81 DON'T recollcct YOU -aid l.
Don't YOU r. member the chap ss had
typhoid fever up Pizen GuIch last spring
YES
- N him Az"
The admiration entertained by many people
Tor the champion pugilist of the world. -
we'll illustrate by the following conversation
which va~ overheard 10 book store between
two lrishmen Who were engaged in studying
The PORTRAITS OF the English Royal family.
81 know En- error William by hi' side
shiskers." sSid one.
And recognizes Emperor Frederick ia
the wan wild the full beard" said the other
That's the yours imperior wild the mus
sache
And is it Prree Bismarck, thi. Is, Won
deri~ asked the first
ali i. replied his friend. "hut who in the
dlyil il Tho xsu here ?" he inquired, laying