The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-13

city went to try case against Daniel
Cady, and on his way stopped It Al
bany to borrow q few law books from
Nicholas Hill, to whom he said that ho
was, going up into the country Glitter
ally chew up fellow named tCady.'
The New York city lawyer had appar-
emily never heard of Cady before, and
MIR. Hill quietly remarked: 4 know
something of that man Cady. When
you get through with him stop in my
office and tell me what kind of man he
is The city lawyer returned one week
later and informed Mr.. Hill that he
had just been defeated in an important
case by that man Cady, who was the
greatest lawyer he had ever met.
"Chief Justice Gibson, of Pennsyl-
vania, was one of the greatest lawyers
ever produced by the keystone state.
He was also a country lawyer who, be-
ing an omnivorous reader and blessed
with an excellent memory, became a
phenomenon of legal learning. Hcwa
a quiet, unpretentious man, who not:
only absorbed all the erudition Of his
profession, but he was thinker, and
consequently a constructionist. He
used to play a fiddle, and carried the
instrunentwith him wherever he went.
He told his friends that he solved many
a knotty problem while scraping on the
strings extemporizing chords or melo-
dies. He was truly great man, albeit
he was a country lawyer from place
no more pretentious than Hominy Hill,
the home of Garland.
There was Nicholas Hill, of Albany,
to whom just referred He originally
lived at Little Falls, :Herkimer county,
N. Y. AS a country lawyer he was o.
student, and when he branched out into
a larger field his attachments com.
manded immediate attention.
"These are enough instances to cite
to show you that the country lawyers
are really learned men, and not class
to be sneered at by careless gossip
ers"
It is really no wonder that Senator
Davis indignantly resented the sheer.
ing allusion to country lawyers. He
used to be one of that class himself.
He spent several years in his country
home in Wisconsin studying law, and
reading omnivorously, before he went
to Minnesota and settled at St. Paul.
He was young man, full of ambition to
shine In his profession, and his work
was done as master builder lays a
strong foundation for a great super
structure. In very short time after
he hung out his shingle in St. Paul he
made his mark. He was looked down
upon as country lawyer, but the old.
timers soon found that Davis had been
doing lots of quiet .andseffective pre-
paratory work in his country Office.
He had not only studied law, but he had
become classical scholar. He had
fitted himself for great affairs.
Ignatius Donnelly, the cratic genius
of Minnesota, who is very learned
man, once said to me: Senator Davi.
first mastered the English language.
He had not only studied law, but he had
Very few men do it. The average
lawyer learns only enough of the
language to express his views in
some sort of way; but Sen,
ator Davis took the entire English
vocabulary and made it subservient to
the calls of his will. Very little words
sometimes express meanings vastly
different from their vernacular syn.
onyms. Senator Davis has complete
command of his own language, and very
few men realize the Importance and
value of that requirement.
Well, in time, the country lawyer,
Cushman X. Davis. attracted atten.