The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-29
The Value Of the Legal Know How.

We cannot forget that genuine article
OF legal merit is something to be exult.
antly proud of. A community with one
sparkling, simon pure gem of the first
water, should always wear it conspicu.
ously, like blazing solitaire in a vast
expanse OF shirt front, and thus be
happy.
city with two such dazzlers, is, Of
course, doubly blessed, and becomes the
envy of all the religions round.
And what shall we say of our own fair
town, with whole cluster of binding
beauties
"Breathes there man with soul 90 dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
These are our own Ye gods, how, grand =
Remarkable legal talent comes high.
Professional worth and big fees are gen.
orally conjoined and eorelative. Hence,
we are justified in estimating the in.
trinsic value of "Our Jewels" by the
prices they bring. This is the surest
rule.
You can't always judge an attorneys
worth by the exasperatingstyle in which
he rasps an unsophisticated witness who
attempts to keep his oath by telling the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth"
You can't form a safe estimate from
his insinuative smile as he says, "Your
Honor" the fierceness with which he
shouts II object" " or the sweet and
unctuous tone of his "Gentlemen of the
jury!'
It's in the quiet OF his inner sanctum
that his real value asserts itself; there,
where the think. tank tanketh and the
never-feeble fee bill feebilleth; where
the great, walled shelves sag with their
weight of musty legal lore; where the
broad, green baize table is litter with
moose horned pen racks and mysterious,
red taped documents; where the door
closes behind you with a sad, Ginevra
spring lock snap; where the vain world
and all hope of rescue are alike shut out /;
where the click ofthe distant typewriter
clicketh with a half-suppressed and half
exultant click; there, in the presence OF
an exalted, unapproachable superiority,
you begin to realize with fear and trem.
ping the transcendant importance OF
the really great attorney. There, in his
den, you are impressed that the labryn
than depths of the legal realm are myster
ious in their awfulness and awful in theii
mysteriousness.
In the province of medicine, the
doctor gives you prescription 80 parts
oxygen, Ill parts hydrogen. You pay
him dollar and the druggist thirty five
cents, swallow your aqua pura, go on
your way wonderfully refreshed, and
soon forget all about it.
But, after half an hour with your law
yer, you wonder more and more every
minute what he's been giving you. Youl
head swims. The convolutions of your
brain are in whirl, like bowl of raw
oysters stirred with spoon You fee
your inferiority, your utter helplessness
You see hell beneath your feet, moving
to meet you, and your attorneys influ
ence is all that can save you.
All night long, your fitful dreams arr
filled with the delirious ghosts anC
phantoms OF law. Arguments ad cap
tandum with internal Irritation asser
their pedes possessio at the roots o
your hair. No injunction can bar then
and no writ OF ejectment oust them.
A supersedeas sits astraddle of you
chest, de bonis non. Your hands an
feet are each held by grinning isimu
computassent. You attempt to demu
or plead for bill of exceptions, and tn
quo-warranto Grams mandamus dow
your throat.
All this time, the habeas corpus roost
like an owl on the headboard, and tn
summons, ,subpoenas and affidavits tickl
your ex vi termini with bill of costs
Daylight finds you weariet, restles
soul, sweating blood and ready to Civ
and bequeath to your bitterest enem,
his heirs, successors and assigns, to hav
and to hold forever, all your right, It'll
and interest in the majesty of the Law
and the privileges and appurtenance
thereunto belonging, etcetera, ad lib
tuum.
Il Immense indeed, is the truly great di
ciple of Blackstone. His real value is nc
generally appreciated, however, as hi
relations with his client are of the mol
J confidential character. But, OCCASIONAL,
there's whirl on the surface of event
like the great stir IN the current whe
some huge fish rises to the surface an
the minnows skip with terror. The
We get good momentary view of th
legal advocate and the price tag attached
In the present unusual commotio]
we have an excellent opportunity to siz
up the splendid worth of our really grea
attorneys. Let's put the tape to 'em. |