Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-02
NON. HtRBERT M. nCAJn,

yesas ,-sa Of me .ssis spyesrri ss seq .isc.
In Ne I~vi.scs JearnAl As 10 vel knou,
,hrosss,as M sssss, Mr.. Heath has f's sapsri
90. ss en- orsisr AMI is one Of the MOI ss'eess
Gal is~ysrs % Ne sssis
Few young men In Maine Won thell
spun so readily A Hon. Herbert "
Heath Of Augusta. AZ the bar, ON ih'
platform az la the political arena hi
rcxrord from its commencement has beer
brilliant. lie VAS born In Gardiner
Aug. q, tssJ, his father being the gal
LIANT soldier, A. VI. q. Heath, ssiitor al
the Gardiner Home Journal, who en-
tered the ranks Of the lgth Maine and
VAS killed Of rrcdericksburg. Tn
Grand Army iost h Gardiner VA
named after him. Young Heath lite
Tor colieg. al the Gardiner High scbccl
earning his school books By selling
paper. on the strrcts of his native city
and he graduated at Bowdoln Cclle.'
Ia is;s, at the head of hls clsss. Her
bert bcsan his Official career at an earl,
age, serving ne page boy In the senate
Zoe the four year, beginning With lsc6
aud for four years longer az assistant
secretary of the sam. body.
About TIL. time the Young man turne,
his attention to school teaching. wherein
go many eminent Maine men have bs'
gun their career, and In i.;s ~ss princi
pal 81 Limerick Academy, Ani durinI
the four years subsequent held lik'
position with the Washington Academy
EAst Machias. Hut he had ambition u
another direction, aud he ~issly cho.'
the profession of Law az the sequel prov
81. Reading ls~ with Judge u snforth
he Vas admitted Ia the bar In ls'5, hsN
Ing BEEN In active practice since. NJ
most Immediately he MAS called Ia III
legal Office % trust, hls first sppearsnc'
being as city solicitor of Augusta
where he had opened an otficr. II
.ls.g, at the age of ~. the young h~ye
Was elected county attorney OF kenbe
bee, serving thrre year., during ~h'cl
he stringently enforc~i the liquor Law
Prom the court house be stepped Int
the halls % legislation as rcpr..eDtstis
from Augusta the two terms 81 l.sj, ~
and AZ senator, lss., -. AZ y legisls
tor his services we're valuable Ia tn
state, aud many Of the Law. on the stat
ute book hear the impress of hi- hand
for while la the Legislature he Was al
Nay. a member ~ the Judiciary commit
tee, being chairman while senator, an
In issJ "a. q m.in,er of the commission
10 revise the statutes. Al the presen
time he Il member 90 the examining
committee of the kenDeb~c bar.
Asa lawyer. Mr.. Heath stands In th
foremost rank. few men of his age la,
Ing dealt with NJ many important an'
Intricate cases as be, aud ss successfully
Although but D years of sge hs has l~ci
counsel In the Merrill, wilkinson, Hop
kins. Turner, Baker, Burns, Getchell
Mulyerhlli aud Foley murder cases, an
vas succcssfui In the important cases q
the Foster deaf mute will st Machis.
the Burns original package, iiiDcks iibe
at Ellsworth, Mitchell illegitlmscy .
Machlas, fayetis and Chesier,ille pau
per. =.
A. m advocate, h. has few equal, II
the state, and his power Ia sway = Jur.
With his eloquent words IL . faculty
which often wins success.
Mr.. Heath L. In demand at convention
aud bsnluets, where his voice IL ofteI
heard, aud has delivered . Memorial AL
dress every Memorial day since is'i
lie has always been prominent hgur
In politics, having been on the stump u
each campaign since ISIS. lie enjoy
nothing better than Ia be In the thick
est Of the fight helping . friend. belni
always willing To 90 down With the shiI
rather than desert.
Mr.. Ilraih's domestic relations ar
especially happy, aud he enjoys III
most With his wife and children
daughter Of twelve, . hoy Of six anS
twin babies, at his comfortable home "a
Winthrop Street where be spends hi
evenings, II possible. reading, helping
the childrra With their studies, ot anus
Ing them. lie isA constant uadent o
the heat English literature, shskrspear
belng his fAvorite. AZ the same time h
keeps brushed up In his Latin, Greel
aud French. lie IL q crank on msthe
matics, an expert mineralogisi. givinl
much time In this direction; al.o . fall
chemist.
Lawyer Heath IL quite . sporting man
Three weeks In every year he spends ia
the logging camps of the Machias River
carrying rife which he uses exclusive
", being called q cool, steady shot. III
10 successful In deer hunting, last yea
shooting three. Hut he II looking afieI
larger game now,-Bruin, and says b'
will Kill q bear u lt takes him i've ycai'
To do 10. lie IL also an enthusiastic
trout fisherman, besides q great love-
Of whist and billiards. His dress IL nj
ways plain and careless.