Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-01

init that he could never do more work,
| and no one dared breach the subject to
him. His salary went on ard the extra
work proved serious load for his as
sociates, though. Of course, no word of
complaint came from them.
In the law school the students use
compendium of cases on wills compiled
by Chief Justice Cassoday, who is also
their teacher. Somewhere in the course
for many years he has made the dec
laration TO successive classes. "Ad-
vancing years may impair the memory.
but they enrich the logical faculty."
Certainly we have in Madison no
clearer-brained, more active man,
though diminutire In stature At the
recent annual meeting Ct Rev. DR. Up
dike's Congregational church. (the larg-
est in the state. with 75G members,
Chief Justice CassoGay was the toast
master and he kept the company in
a gale of laughter with his witticisms
and delighted them With his quaint
philosophy.
President Adams Fanny story.
1t was at this dinner that President
Adams answered the critics who as
sert that he has too much enthusiasm
for athletics. He was in good form that
night and one of his funny stories was
the reply Of a scholar to a question in
an examination In physiology
Describe the human frame" was the
question.
And the answer was: THE human
frame is made up Of three PARIS TIE
head, which contains the brains; the
chest, which contains the heart and
lungs. and the trunk. which contains
the vowels-a, g, i, o, u, and sometimes
! and ""
No sooner is the Clements VS. Wins
low judicial controversy overland
| narrow rub It was-than Joshua T.
Dodge of Racine and Milwaukee, whom
Governor Scofield recently pnt on the
supreme bench to finish Judge Pihneys
term, is to be ptted against Judge Gils
son in an effort to hold the seat Had
the Fond du Lac Judge been promoted.
| he would no doaet have been able TO
| enter the election this spring without
| opposition. Judge Gibson has been on
| the circuit bench for seventeen fears.
| The friends Of the latter felt sore over
/ the outcome. Those who know Judge
( Dodge say he Is the strongest kind of a
| man. bat his ~epGte was not state
wide, and tha Gibson contingent will
| seek to unhorse him at the April cleo
| ton They are both Democrats. but
| the Republicans will take a lively inter-
| est. especially as the issue Will be the
Endorsement of their governors hp.
pointment. The judge who once has
his seat has a tremendous advantage
| in a contest of this sort, for the slo-
gan of politics in the judiciary" is al
/ ways effective when an attempt il
made to turn him out
Hard Worked Stenographers.
| The life of court reporter must be
| a very trying and eXhausting ore, as
so many break down under the strain.
They are all skilled s;enographers and
! this W ork calls for the closest attention,
| especially where, in the giving of testi-
mony. answer and question. such great
accuracy is demanded. and especially
| in view of the long duration of the
! sessions. The recent shocking death by
suicide Of A. kavelage of the GAINESVILLE
| circuit (JudSe Benefits while tempo
! .a~i,y insane, and for no apparent rea-
son, shows how undermining the work
! is on the mentality. Since KAY alage
shot himself and fell into the river. il
| is remembered thar only ten days Ego
| w. c. Kimbal Of the Oshkosh circuit
| was committed to the insane asylum
| a nervous wreck He had put in twenty
| years under the desks of circuit judges,
| following with tireloss eye and brain
the talk of judges jurors. counsel and.
| worst Of all. thousands of witnesses.
no two alike. some speaking bad En-
glish some through Interpreters. and
| some speaking in whispers 1t WAS too
much for Kimban and his reason be-
came dethroned. Reporter Spencer in
| Judge Wehbs court, gave up after
| twenty years, with an unmistakahl
case of writer's cramp and nerVo",
breaking down, though happily, he
came out with a sound mind. Thomas
| A. Dyson Of The Lacrosse circuit also
| yielded to the same malay He, too.
| put in long term Of service and lin
cdentaIly) later become a state seua-
tor and county Judge These court 70
| porters have a state association Of
| their own There are seventeen, repre-
sentire the seventeen circuit courts Of
! the state, and they enjoy good salary.
It is one OF the few places where poli-
tics cannot seem to take root,
ORLANDO BURNETT.
| A. NJ. Wyman. the dry goods mer.
chant Of Chippewa Fails. Wis, who
| mysteriousIy disappeared month ago,
| .,1f