Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-09

is boss, and goes to the Court House, where he
is bossed. He feels like summoning the shades
OF Ananias and Sapphira, but he doesn't Whie
lawyers may steal, they won't lie. be nnds the
JUDGES uncertain, coy and hard to please.
He also fnds a trial list of which he has
heretofore been entirely ignorant. DE nnds
were disposed of. Others he had forgotten the
addresses of his client. Still others nave Deen
brought by his partner in crime and ne knows
nothing of them" Mr.. Burleigh continued.
depicting the terrors of the attorney when he
discovers this state of affairs and the many ex-
cuses he manufactures. but all to no purpose
and the cases come up for trial.
Some Raps at the Opposition.
]. Scott Ferguson talked of "a very gentle
beast and of good conscience" the attorney on
the other side. He talked seriously. and in
lighter strain, at one time rising in eloquent
defense of the opposing counsel. and at other
times reciting numerous anecdotes OF the
ideas the much-abused man often gives the
parties in the case.
That good wine needs no bush." Thomas
Patterson was called upon to- defeno. and he
did 1t ably, too He spoke of the lawyer who
takes every opportunity of having himself ad-
vertised. and excused him on the point that as
opportunity often makes thing, so opportunity
often makes an advertiser" He further de-
Tended the men of his profession and likenedit
unto charging column that is advancing step
by step on the great road OF success and
nobility. -..
A P. Burgwin has been but two years in the
profession, but the art and eloquence with
which he handled The Honorarium" Is proph-
etic of future of the brightest His address
from first to last called forth the plaudits OF
the assemblage, and well were they deserved:
He Slater warmly complimented by that old
war horse, "Glorious Old Tom" Marshall, i'll the
last speech of the evening.
Mr.. Burgwin spoke W the lot OF the young
lawyer and the honor he felt in being called
upon to address the association when SO many
older men were there but to listen. He men
toned the old lawyers who are leaving the
profession, only because they see higher honors
ahead. In this connection the names of J. o.
Brown and Benjamin Harrison were heard.
He spoke of the bad rcpute in which law
yers of old were thrown. and told of a man who
declared he wouldn't like to speak i'll of any
man behind his back. but he believed he was
lawyer.
The Judges Sci Fa Cocktail.
The speaker referred to a judge who was in
the habit of occasionally taking what he called
his Sci ia cocktail" because it revived his
Judgment 1t was not known whether he was a
license court judge not. In closing. Mr..
Burgwin said that when the humblest mem
Der appears before that higher tribunal he will
non-suit the devil and continue to be one OF
the long robed.
"God Save the United States and These Hon.
orable Courts was the toast on which George
c. Wilson spoke. He reviewed the history of
the courts of the country, and mentioned many
names of the honorable gentlemen who have
welded the scepter of justice: HIS eloquent
reference to the service Of Judge Acheson
called for great enthusiasm.
d. F. Patterson was slated for the closing
speech, and, though his address was one of the
best of the evening" there seemed to be a great
many present who were 10th to leave before
word was heard from that old wheel-horse.
Thomas Marshall, ST., who made rousing ad-
dress on the position the lawyer holds in the
world, and at the close said feelingly that ere
long he will be laId away. apd he hoped for
kindly remembrance of old Tom Marshall.
As the last notes of "Auld Lang Syne" were
waited out on the midnight air, the marty
adjourned. feeling indeed, as George Elliot
says: "'Tis grievous parting with good CON-
.pany."