The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-18

then nlne times to the left, stop
ping on seven, or sume other num-
Der, but always scoring a failure,
and pausing each time to warm my
hands under the friendly shelter
of the root of my mouth.
That night was the coldest in
The history of the State OF Wis
consin, and The woodshed was also
locked up a, the time. The fol-
lowing summer went up into
Burnett county to look up a loca-
ton for the practice M the law in
order TO have it all ready in case |
should be accidentally admitted
to the bar. The county seat OF
Burnett county consisted at that
time Of only a clearinghouse for
lumbermen. surrounded by the
dark blue bilows of a boundless
huckleberry patch. There was
also log hovel with dirt floor,
in which paper was published.
1t subsisied on The "county PRINT
ing" which must have been worth
at least IS per year or even more
at that tune. Allerward the price
was cut down.
When l wen, into the office, the
editor was bemoaninig his sad lot
most of which was overgrown vii h
Jack pine and Chippewa Indians.
He wanted much to yet away
from the steady grind Of Journal.
ism," lie said. He had been there
over eight weeks, and had had
practically no vacation whatever.
lie wanted to get away for a week
to rest his tired brain. In fact he
j wanted 10 80 up on Lake Superior
for weeks fishing, but could get
no one TO "assume editorial con-
troll of the paper. l said that |
would. | said that l would be
glad to associate myself with the
| paper for a week, and work his
public opinion molds for him.
t He went away in the early
morning, leaving me in charge OF
the paper and a mlddle-aged Cal
with nine newly hedged llltle ones,
Charley Tolboys lhe compositor)
and ran The paper that eek,and
tried ~ learn from the back part
Of the dictionary how TO mark
proof, but col so interested in some
pictures of The human frame in
heaIil, and disease. aad so neglect
ed the proof till time to 80 tc
press.
| wrote two scathing editorials
! for this paper, which had goOt
deal to do with bringing on the
war, " was said. When see now
what that war cost in blood ant
! vain regret, of course am sorry
about IT.; but then | was youn!
!, and impulsive, and had never
+ brought on "a war. | would know
e better now.
+ The year after this | went tc
e Wyoming Territory, thinking iha
c IN the crude state of affairs there
}, at the time | might possibly be ad
! milted TO the bar under an assum
y ed name. | had Of course giveI
y bonds in Wisconsin for NY regular
u annual examination for admission
S bu! | decided to jump my bal
!. and 60 west, where the bar wa
y less conservative.
+ In Laramie City the regtla
Il term ol court for the Second Judi
y cial District wau in session, judy
J. Blair presiding. Just here let m
v step aside to say word of Judg
y Blair, a gentleman from West Viz
d ginia, who took charge of me, AM
whose memory will always have
Vt large, expensive frame arouud j
(, in my heat applied for admis
q sion TO The bar, as | had been j
u the habit of doing wherever | ha
d lived, and Judge Blair appointe
l. a committee of kindly but inqui'
le tive lawyers who talked with m
n all of one summer afternoon.
ID can still remember how warm tn
Z. room was. As The cleaning be
gan to gloam on the foothills, an
f. the bull-skinner's song came acros
as The river, the committee reporte
as that | had, on cross examinations
% coniradic,ed my answers made o
s. the direct examination, that m
De testimony was of little value; "
III it was decided 10 admit me to III
'f. bar of Wyoming, provided | woul
10 agree not TO practice.
! On the day of my arrival in La
I'd annie, however, Judge Blair ha
I'd sad 10 Inc that the prospects Tor
re young lawyer in Wyoming VIII
he had very little money, and no a
as quaintances, were very poor il
l deed; but ii I could do newspap'
work, he thought he could hel
as me 10 place.
I'd As | saw right away that Il
ne Judge was my friend, | told hi
,s thai il might be we'll 10 do lhi
ed while waiting for my library
d. arrive. He laughed, and led n
a TO The Office of the Daily Sentin,
or owned by DIR. James H. Hayior
I'd 10 whom was introduced. d
es Hayford was a keen-eyed ma
with chin.wIiskers, who wrol
"a. with a hard pencil sharpened lro
rs time to lime on a flat file. h
as wrote with such earmestness hi
r. one could read his ablest editoria
It. on any Of the len sheets Of bIan
lie paper under The one lie was wri
ut ing on. He said that the pap'
so could not afford 10 pay me what
I'd was really worth, very likely, bl
he N 4k() ner month would make