Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-21

capacity 10 learn just before ex-
aminauons is remarkable. though be
is never slow 20 see a point. lie has
brilliant prospects before him. especially.
as an electric light hangs just in front
Of his house.
But who IS the grave gentleman with
the judicial brow and the amber
moustlche? Is IL Chief-Justice Fuller.
who mas dropped in TO hear the boys re-
cite? no. j. is not Chief-Justice Fuller.
1t is Cary Ellis Stern; 10 Lane Stern's
little brother, who now weighs only 10
pounds There would be seventeen pounds
more of him had he not studied so hard,
but he does not begrudge the loss. and
when consoled about IL. he says: Nay,
nay, give it 20 the poor" Air. stern is
man OF excellent judgment and taste.
and his dignity and manly bearing plainly
show that he is judicial timber. He is
Overwhelmingly modest. and discounts MS
own abilities at 80 per cent. In TACT, ne
has invariably worn sackc.oth ana ashe5
before each examination, ard when at
last his name was posted as q
graduate he executed q Carmeucita song
and dance before the bulletin board,
which has never been equalled in terpsi-
chOrean skill. IL was hours before they
could make him leave the spot. ana he
insisted on having the fact announced
by hand-bills 10 the eager world. The
subject OF this sketch was reared In
Caroline, and afterwards. 70 round up the
graceful lines Of his tout ensemble. he
became q newspaper man. Later on he
win wear the ermine and a standing
collar
c. 4. Ashby, Of Culpeper, IS regarded by
my companions as one OF the hardest
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lege, and as a consequence he is one OF
the ablest. Night and day he delved
in learning, and when the session closed.
/ he was a legal sponge, saturated with
| common law precepts. He Is good
| speaker, and won Il medal by his clo-
I Qucnce.
II you want n man for technicaliues
and practical knowledge, Emmett Seaton,
! Of Richmond. IS the particular article
| YOU require. lie will "demur" or plead
! I'm abatement" 90 anything on earth,
! except an incorporeal hereditament. I've
! known him, while walking along the
| streets. TO demur 10 the legal INSULT
| ciency' Of a poodle dog. and then plead
/ I'm abatement because the CANNES uame
| was spelt wrong on his collar. lie de-
tests the statute OF jeofails. because II
overlooks certain Insignificant defects,
and argues that common counts in as
| sumpslt, because OF their general rormu-
lac ought 10 be burned IN the crema-
tory. The walls Of his room are papered
| with common-law writs. Mr.. SeatOn re-
| ceiged a large part OF his training In a
| clerks office, and hence he IS thoroughly
| equipped Tor the bar. His class stand
ing was excellent.
Last IN the list Of embryo attorneys,
but by no means least. IS Geddes Win
ston, Of Richmond, whose famous pro-
! nunciation Of law Lc-'a has immortaiizef.
his name. lie - a f-~iai lad, who learns
! without trouble, and remembers the
things that drift into his Uranium When
/ Geddes didn't know his lecture, he had
a most fortunate way OF guessing At the
questions, and generally he would hit SO
near the mark that the professor would
say. you have the right idea. Mr. Win
ston." But Il wasn't often he had 70
guess. THE IDLE REPORTER.